"history of Linux on the desktop" [LWN.net]

"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 (guest, #51848) [Link] (3 responses)

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] (2 responses)

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] (1 responses)

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 (guest, #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.