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"history of Linux on the desktop""history of Linux on the desktop"Posted Nov 30, 2012 12:27 UTC (Fri) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262)In reply to: "history of Linux on the desktop" by simosx Parent article: Ubuntu on the Nexus 7
> When the first netbook from Acer appeared with a Linux distribution, Microsoft came in and cut the deals.
s/Acer/Asus/ unless memory and STFW fail me.
I still use my Asus eeepc 701 daily (but its disk seems to be too small to upgrade beyond Fedora 15 so I'll have to replace it soon, with something ARMish I hope)
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"history of Linux on the desktop" Posted Dec 3, 2012 11:28 UTC (Mon) by njwhite (subscriber, #51848) [Link]
You can upgrade the disk, though it's not a particularly common form factor. I have a 128GB SSD in my EeePC 901, and hope to not have to retire it for a long time yet.
"history of Linux on the desktop" Posted Dec 3, 2012 14:47 UTC (Mon) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262) [Link]
I did look into doing that, but the instructions I found were a bit vague (I want quite detailed step-by-step instructions, I only reluctantly mod/circuit-bend my hardware!)
"history of Linux on the desktop" Posted Dec 3, 2012 15:23 UTC (Mon) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262) [Link]
IIRC the instructions I looked at were for adding a second drive, so I wouldn't need to remove the existing one ... just swapping out the existing one is probably pretty easy, maybe I should just do that.
"history of Linux on the desktop" Posted Dec 3, 2012 15:31 UTC (Mon) by njwhite (subscriber, #51848) [Link]
Hardware wise it was no more complicated than upgrading the RAM on the machine; no major disassembly required. Then so long as you're comfortable enough with booting from USB, copying stuff over, and redoing grub, it will all just work. Note that there are 2 SSDs in the EEE, a 4GB one and a bigger one, its the bigger one that's easy to change - the 4GB one *is* a major operation to replace, by all accounts. Oh, and this all applies to the 901 EEE, I can't be sure that it's the same for the 701 (but probably is). Feel free to email me 527864@njw.me.uk if you have any questions; I'm happy to help.
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