[PLUG] Eee PC 701

[Ken Stephens]

Robert Citek wrote:
> I have an EeePC 701 with Ubuntu 8.01 that I haven't used in years.  It
> was great for what it was back in the day.  But now it's a pretty
> low-powered system and Ubuntu 8.01 was EOF last year.  Other than a
> novelty item, the EeePC 701 may be not worth your time.
>
> But be sure to let us know either way.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. <wevl at pacifier.com> wrote:
>> My neighbor brought over a Eee PC 701 the other day. It had been
>> purchased for his sister-in-law but she went kind of weird and had to be
>> moved in some sort of weird care facility. He doesn't like the operating
>> system on it and was wondering if some variant of Linux might coexist
>> with the little 4 GB SSD (solid state drive) and 1 GB ram.
>>
>> He has seen Linux Mint 13 Mate and was hopeful. Looking around on line,
>> I see that some of the newer distributions will not install on CPUs that
>> do not have PAE (Physical Address Extension) and apparently some
>> distributions are tuned to avoid wearing out the SSD.
>>
>> I also don't want to spend a bunch of time on this. Does anyone have a
>> good experience / recommendation?
>>
>> Wayne
>> _______________________________________________
Wayne,

I have a eeePC 1000 I am using to view the Digital Oregonion.  Works 
just fine with Fedora 19.  Small foot print makes it
work nicely on the breakfast table.

Ken