Submitted by boydjd on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 20:33
It's been awhile since my last post, been busy working 100+ hour weeks at a startup.
Anyways, I picked up an ASUS eeePC 4G in Galaxy Black last week, along with 2GB of ram to juice it up. The default linux install didn't really impress me, so I've wiped it out and install eeexubuntu on it, which runs pretty well. So far I'm impressed by it, I did hack the keymaps so that shift was in the proper place on the keyboard. Next things I'm looking at doing are hardwiring two 32GB USB flash drives inside of it, and setting them up in software RAID 0, to expand storage from 4GB to 68GB or so. Might go completely crazy and drop 3 of them in and do RAID 5 ;) I'm also considering wiring up my ATT USBConnect card, however, it appears linux support is lacking, so if I go that route I'll have to see if I can load OSX onto it first. I'm not really very excited about the prospect of loading Windows onto the eee, but we'll see what happens.
I've also "overclocked" the processor from 633MHz to 900MHz, which is it's native speed. Apparently ASUS felt it was a good idea to downclock, I felt otherwise obviously. This can be done with the eee.ko kernel module via software, which also allows temperature monitoring and manual fan control.
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Aw Man, Slow Down!
Hey, cool post but your rapid fire writing about all the techno wiz-bang stuff you did or planned to do made my head go spinning! :-) I'm a high school junior with plans to possibly get into some technology field in college, but my older brother, who is in college, is the techno-geek in our family! I'm sure he would love reading this post so I'm going to pass it on to him. Glad to read you no longer are working 100 hours a week - I can't even imagine! Are you at least working some hours a week now or has this stinky economy gotten to you too? Thanks again for a neat post.
- Sally
I'm working full time now as
I'm working full time now as an independent contractor. Set my own hours, get paid for every single one of them instead of being a salaried monkey.
I don't have the Eee anymore, but the MSI Wind is fun to play with.
ASUS has since released new
ASUS has since released new versions of the Eee that have bigger screens, larger hard disk drive capacity, and a faster (apparently) processor. Need not toy around with old ones anymore.
Obviously you don't
Obviously you don't understand the hacker spirit.
seems like layoffs are
seems like layoffs are happening everywhere I would love to work 100 hours a week, instead I am stuck with 30-40 plus a lot of extra time on my hands :)
No, you wouldn't love to work
No, you wouldn't love to work 100 hours a week. Believe me.
Nice little toy you got for
Nice little toy you got for yourself...I was a bit shocked that you were working 100+ hours, then equally shocked when you said you were laid off. Hope things turn out okay for you! Curt
Thanks Curt. I actually sold
Thanks Curt. I actually sold the Eee, but I've got an MSI Wind now which is getting ready to go on the chopping block itself!
100+ Hours a Week? Yikes!
Who has you working that many hours per week? That is too many hours to be working! I sure hope they reward you for your dedication. ~ Bill
Not doing it anymore Bill,
Not doing it anymore Bill, since they laid all of the developers off.
Nice! Did you get the raid 0
Nice! Did you get the raid 0 USB drives setup to work?
Actually, I ended up selling
Actually, I ended up selling it, not having time to play with it :(
Sweet!
Hey, the new site is coming together nicely (Photrade too!) but WTF made your tag cloud, WTF?!
For how much you sold it?
For how much you sold it? it's an old Asus board right? I think it can't be too much. did you tried running any free games on it?
thanks
thanks for the post, i found it to be informative