[MLUG] netbooks / laptops

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:58:00AM -0400, Yannick Gingras wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 March 2009, Alex Bedard wrote:
> > I tried one, but what I find annoying is that unless you use the default
> > limited linux distro, if you use a regular distro like Debian or Ubuntu,
> > the resolution is so low that it cuts off the bottom of some unresizeable
> > windows, like say you go in Evolution under tools->options, you can't see
> > the bottom of the window to go click OK or Cancel. Of course you can grab
> > the window by doing ctrl-alt-click and moving it up, but it's pretty
> > annoying.
> 
> I'm typing this on a EEE 1000 HE that I got from Microbytes.  I'm
> running plain Kubuntu 8.10 and only 2 ago I was running the same
> distribution on an MSI Wind.  I have absolutely no problem with apps
> that are won't fit the screen.  I bond a keyboard shortcut to
> "fullscreen" in kwin and that's it.
> 
> I have to mention that the keyboard on the 1000 HE is real damn great.
> It's sharp and crisp without being too small.  A bit like the
> keyboards on thinkpads but even more tactile.

The keyboard sounds good.  I'm slowly discovering that I *can* work with 
a slightly reduced-size keyboard, so he 1000HE is sounding more 
attractive ... But I still want to know how it functions with a 
purely free Linux such as Debian without nonfree.

-- hendrik