Technology Fail: You Can Help!

[tamaranth]

[sent home from jury service til afternoon session, so am availing myself of the lovely bugshaw's laptop, on which she has set me up.]

Okay: dead laptop, dead PDA, slow and grudgeful EEE ...

1. I am going to uninstall Windoze on the EEE, and (re)install Linux. I have external drives aplenty but no CD drive. Can anyone point me at an easy how-to (especially, at what stage do I remove Windoze and how?) BEER for any Cambridge person who's prepared to do this for me, ideally in the next few days!

2. If anyone has a Palm T3/T5/TX that they would like to sell me for £30 or less, speak now!

3. Am about to phone Dell and see if there is an alternative to on-site service -- otherwise I'll have to pend laptop until after jury service.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

You are a star! This sounds like exactly what I need. And hopefully the EEE will manage the USB stuck (if not, I should be able to make one on B's laptop).

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

Adding my recommendation for Ubuntu Netbook.
I did the same thing with my EEE (Mine is the 4Gb 701 - the 7" screen early model), and it's a HUGE improvement over the EEE's original Linux install.

Gives the Eee a complete new lease of life!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I'm very tempted by that solution - I've got a 901, which is getting a bit sluggish. Slight downer that I have no real 'nix experience other than clicking icons on the Eee, and it looks like the Netbook Remix doesn't necessarily work with all features of the 901, although there is an update note there.

Does anyone know whether Eeebuntu or Easy Peasy is any better?

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

see my more recent post ....I have a 900, and it all seems to be working smoothly and quickly (though I couldn't get it to boot from USB while Windoze was lurking, so had to use Esc and insist).
Have to admit I have not done a huge amount other than point and click (though am dead impressed that I could set up wireless, load video drivers and update absolutely everything just by clicking 'ok' occasionally).
But I haven't found anything that doesn't work yet!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Cheers!

am dead impressed that I could set up wireless, load video drivers and update absolutely everything just by clicking 'ok' occasionally
OK, that's impressive!