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pulusound<p>"you should get a faster laptop to make music"</p><p>no. you should get a slower laptop</p><p><a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/sapf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sapf</span></a> <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/LiveCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveCoding</span></a> <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a></p>
devSJR :python: :rstats:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@andymccall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andymccall</span></a></span> I see. I'm just asking because recently I revived an Ausus EeePC with a 32 bit MXLinux.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MXLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MXLinux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DamnSmallLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DamnSmallLinux</span></a> revived an aging <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a>. Here’s how to use it to resurrect any old computer.<br>Damn Small Linux 2024 Alpha is based on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> and antiX, DSL uses Fluxbox and JWM window managers. There is a limited range of pre-installed software, covering web browsers, text editors, code editors, media playback and email. Because it is a Debian-based system, we can install applications using the apt package manager. <br><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/damn-small-linux-revived-my-aging-eee-pc-heres-how-to-use-it-to-resurrect-any-old-computer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/desktops/damn</span><span class="invisible">-small-linux-revived-my-aging-eee-pc-heres-how-to-use-it-to-resurrect-any-old-computer</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsMissing</span></a>: A simple, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrutigerAero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrutigerAero</span></a>-themed, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LowDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowDPI</span></a>-compatible <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a>!</p><ul><li>Because for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xandros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xandros</span></a> on the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> was <em>"peak <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDesktop</span></a>"</em>!</li></ul><p>And modern-day <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distros</span></a> really need to reconsider that!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eBm_y8-8g&amp;t=3m49s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=32eBm_y8-8</span><span class="invisible">g&amp;t=3m49s</span></a></p>
C:\KKJ\>:idle:<p>After the bootloader fix it works on the Eee PC 701</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a></p>
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p><span>[ Tom's Hardware: Damn Small Linux revived my aging Eee PC. Here’s how to use it to resurrect any old computer. ]<br></span><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/damn-small-linux-revived-my-aging-eee-pc-heres-how-to-use-it-to-resurrect-any-old-computer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/damn-small-linux-revived-my-aging-eee-pc-heres-how-to-use-it-to-resurrect-any-old-computer</a><span><br><br>I miss the </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/EeePC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EeePC</a>. Those were the perfect form factor. Nothing today comes close. Can't even find the form factor on AliExpress even any more.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@Linux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Linux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rejzor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rejzor</span></a></span> the best <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> experience any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> delivered was the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> 701 4G's custom <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xandros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xandros</span></a> Desktop.</p><ul><li>Nothing to this day comes close in terms of <em>"user friendlyness"</em> aiming at <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>"</em>.</li></ul><p>It's basically <em>peak <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrutigerAero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrutigerAero</span></a></em> and it ran off 256MB RAM!</p><ul><li>We really could taka a page from it's book!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@notthatdelta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>notthatdelta</span></a></span> reminds me that I need to work on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> and make a image for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EeePC701" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC701</span></a>-4G...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netbooks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netbook</span></a></p>
devSJR :python: :rstats:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@flaviaerius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>flaviaerius</span></a></span> </p><p>I see the hardware is of course an important aspect. </p><p>You could also try fread from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rdatatable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rdatatable</span></a> and see if this works better for you.</p><p>Since I have quite powerful laptop, I rarely come to the limits. But this was different in the past. I did my doctoral thesis (R package development included) in part on an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a>. That was fun.</p>
sep33<p>Is this the biggest disappointment of my life? Probably. I guess I won’t be surfing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lynx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lynx</span></a> (text based web surfer) running on my 2009 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ugh</span></a>.</p>
sep33<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hol.ogra.ph/@smh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>smh</span></a></span> Nice! I posted a while back about my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> (2009) running Bodhi Linux as recently as this year. I got curious and ended up installing 32-bit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arch</span></a> which was a little tricky, but did result in a performance increase… at least until I got locked out of it !</p>
tunes :ciberlandia:<p>Here we go again... :crt_w_prompt: <br><a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/tmux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tmux</span></a></p>
Pete Prodoehl 🍕<p>I found another old EeePC. I think this is a 901 and originally ran Windows. Seems I installed the “Raspberry Pi Desktop Edition” back around 2018 or so…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a></p>
Pete Prodoehl 🍕<p>Here's a 2008 photo of me taken from the EeePC 701 when I was using it to capture time lapses... Maybe I should set it up for that again but with an external camera...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/timeLapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timeLapse</span></a></p>
HP van Braam<p><a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/BOB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOB</span></a> achieved on the <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
HP van Braam<p>How is your Saturday evening going? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a></p>
MontyOnTheRun<p>A moment of silence for my <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> 701.<br>2008-2024 (it failed last year).</p><p>I tried opening it now, looking for any sign of component failure, but nothing seems immediately wrong.</p><p>I seriously need to acquire equipment to measure current, voltage, etc.</p><p>Anyway, it doesn't power on, doesn't charge the battery. Nothing. And it was getting a bit too old to be useful anyway. It's only sad that it's going to become e-waste.</p><p>On a side-note: taking laptops apart is scary. Its bending plastics and shit</p>
kalvdans<p>Asus Eee PC 901 giveaway, 4 GB RAM, 4+8 GB SSD. Nice leather case and battery still works so can't throw it away. Pick it up in Stockholm or we can meet in <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a> Brussels. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/retrolaptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrolaptops</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/retropc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retropc</span></a></p>
Arnaud Pz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@LeftCoast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LeftCoast</span></a></span> Please, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrustMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrustMe</span></a> : you are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YoungForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoungForever</span></a>. "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTimeYouEnjoyWastingIsNotWasted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTimeYouEnjoyWastingIsNotWasted</span></a>" (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnLennon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLennon</span></a>, may be).<br>There are 355 days (minus 7 hour if you are in the CEST time area) left in #2025 : <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoGoGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoGoGo</span></a>!!!<br>I have written an ISO physical optical disk with it, 2 months ago and I know what an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeOS</span></a> mean and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IWill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IWill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TryThisYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TryThisYear</span></a> on one of my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputer</span></a>. Let's try this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BombOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BombOS</span></a>! May be one a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ASUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eeebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeebox</span></a> and/or a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> (2008) or an older <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HP</span></a> laptop</p>
Pete Prodoehl 🍕<p>I found my old Asus EeePC 701 (the original netbook!) and it booted up into Ubuntu, which I think I installed in 2018. Battery is totally dead and WiFi networking doesn’t seem to work… may need to plug in Ethernet. But what should I actually do with it? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eeepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eeepc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbook</span></a></p>
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