The day is beautiful; it’ll be warmer today. The sky is clear, so wireless signal should be excellent. I guess it’s one of those days. A man took my usual seat before I arrived at the cafe, so I had to take another location. Too bad, the signal in this location is faint. I won’t bitch about my hardware because I was connected, but got disconnected when I lost the signal. I’m writing this in my offline server so I’ll be publishing it online later.
I’ll leave you with one thought:
I can feel a pleasure, that’s the pain.
May 23rd, 2008
I noted here that I constantly encounter WiFi problems. After searching the web, many have said that Linux is not WiFi friendly. I guess it could be true, but I’m not converting my Eee PC to Windows. I agree that hardware drivers are very tricky when it comes to Linux and I suspect it’s causing my troubles (the connection status is forever stuck in PENDING). Well, yesterday I slightly cleaned up my drivespace and my troubles seem to have went away. However, it’s still too early to conclude. If it really is true, maybe the system is unable to connect because it has no space to store data. I’ll be monitoring this in the next two weeks.
May 21st, 2008
Everex has unveiled an Eee PC competitor with its CloudBook. Scheduled to be available at Walmart.com only starting January 25, 2008 at an affordable $399. This is the same price as my Eee PC 4G, except that it has better specifications. The CloudBook also weighs 2lbs with a 9-inch screen and has 9 times more of gigabyte storage space than my 4G. It is pre-installed with gOS which I think rocks.
I’m a little disappointed that I just bought an Eee PC and a new interesting machine cos out. I’ll have to wait for reviews, maybe for the next generation of CloudBook before I decide to get my hands on it.
9 Inches, 2 pounds, 5 hours of battery life. Surf, email, blog, IM, Skype, compute. Cloud computing makes it simple and easy for everyone.
Based on the latest gOS Rocket operating system, the ultra-mobile Everex PC comes with popular applications from Google, Mozilla, Skype, OpenOffice.org and more.
Find your $399 CloudBook at Walmart.com beginning 1/25/08
Additional Preinstalled and Linked Software
Mozilla Firefox, gMail, Meebo, Skype, Wikipedia, GIMP, Blogger, YouTube, Xing Movie Player, RythemBox, Faqly, Facebook and OpenOffice.org 2.3 (includes WRITER, IMPRESS, DRAW, CALC, BASE)
Hardware Specifications
1.2GHz, VIA C7®-M Processor ULV, 512MB DDR2 533MHz, SDRAM, 30GB Hard Disk Drive, 7″ WVGA TFT Display (800 x 480), VIA UniChrome Pro IGP Graphics, VIA High-Definition Audio, 802.11b/g, (1) 10/100 Ethernet Port, (1) DVI-I Port, (2) USB 2.0 Ports, (1) 4-in1 Media Card Reader, (1) .3MP Webcam, (1) Headphone/Line-Out Port, (1) Microphone/Line-In Port, (1) Set of Stereo Speaker, (1) Touchpad, (1) 4-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
January 19th, 2008
Below is the specification of my E P C.
| Color |
Galaxy Black |
| Included Accessories |
Carrying case |
| Memory (RAM) |
512 MB (DDR2 SO-DIMM) |
| Solid-State Drive |
4 GB (soldered) |
| Built-in webcam |
VGA (640×480) @ 30 fps |
| Battery |
4 Cells: 5200 mAh, 3.5hrs* |
| Storage Expansion |
External MMC(plus)/SD(HC) slot |
| Display |
6” (15.25cm) by 3.6” (9.15cm) or 7” (17.78cm) diagonal; WVGA (800×480) @ 133.3 PPI |
| CPU |
900 MHz Intel Celeron M ULV 353 |
| Operating System |
Custom Linux OS (Xandros) |
| Wired Networking |
10/100 Mbps Ethernet |
| Wireless Networking |
802.11b/g Wi-Fi (PCIe) |
| Internal Modem |
External RJ-11 connector present but internal MDC board not populated |
| USB Ports |
3 external, ? internal |
| External Display |
VGA D-SUB (up to 1600×1280) |
| Audio |
High Definition Audio with built-in stereo speakers and built-in microphone |
| Weight |
0.92 kg (2.0 lbs) |
(* This is the manufacturer-estimated battery life. Actual battery life may vary with usage.)
December 27th, 2007
Eee PC comes with XandrOS distro of Linux, therefore the way I access my network files is different than when I’m using Windows. Fortunately, there is a system called the Network File System (NFS). First generation of WD Netcenter are NFS enabled, but my recent acquisition — the MyBook World Edition — is not NFS enabled. Therefore I have to do the dirty work before I can access my audio/video files from my half-terabyte hard drive. The following are the steps I went through before successfully accomplishing the task:
- SSH Access in MyBook WE
- MyBook WE as NFS Server
- Mount the path:
mount mybook_ip:/shares/internal /mnt -o rw
That’s all folks!
December 23rd, 2007
