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Unsolved mysteries:

The "Q" key on my #Acer #AspireOne ZG5 doesn't work. It never worked, from day one. I've replaced the keyboard, and it still doesn't work. Every other key seems to work. It's just the Q key that has no response! Even when pressed in conjunction with other keys.

If it were the key or membrane, replacing the keyboard would fix it. If it were a motherboard trace or socket issue, you'd think other keys would be broken, too.

Vexing!

Unsolved mysteries:

The "Q" key on my #Acer #AspireOne ZG5 doesn't work. It never worked, from day one. I've replaced the keyboard, and it still doesn't work. Every other key seems to work. It's just the Q key that has no response! Even when pressed in conjunction with other keys.

If it were the key or membrane, replacing the keyboard would fix it. If it were a motherboard trace or socket issue, you'd think other keys would be broken, too.

Vexing!

Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic Koala on Acer Aspire One 110L

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/ae65c8f0-ec9e-4d03-9b96-796ae7584280

Breaking BIOS: enabling VT-x virtualization support on Acer Aspire One netbook: https://sudonull.com/post/137275-Breaking-BIOS-enabling-VT-x-virtualization-support-on-Acer-Aspire-One-netbook #hardware #bios #virtualization #aspireone

I've got Acer Aspire One 725 (https://www.umpcportal.com/products/Acer/Aspire%20One%20725) off the shelf, bumped it with 6GB RAM and 60GB SSD instead of stock 500GB HDD and I'm installing Gentoo on it.

I feel like it is going to be a nice video player and a notepad:)

It feels like I'm compiling the kernel on a teapot though;)

#netbook #umpc #gentoo #amd #aspireone

OMG, someone is trying to sell an #AspireOne (1.6Ghz single core, 1GB RAM) running #Windows7!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/laptops/laptops/acer/listing-2568548464.htm

Those things barely run XP, there's no way it would be usable with 7. The only way I kept mine running was to replace the HDD with an SSD and put #Trisquel on it.

@claudiom that #NomadBSD looks like an interesting way to try out #BSD :)
I wonder if the old #AspireOne is powerful enough. :)

@trechnex
so, my daily driver atm basically is my #Xiaomi #MiA1 phone, and since recently my wife's old #Asus #AspireOne netbook, that in general feels slower than my phone... but it's keyboard and screen are (barely) better for coding.

That all combined with a remote #Linux VPS, to which I can #SSH into for when I need some more raw processing power.

So, yeah, not sure what to vote.
Where is the boundary between what is a computer and what isn't?
Is a phone + keyboard+mouse+screen one?

@lj_writes

Here's the #Nordic #keyboardLayout of the #AspireOne #D255E #netbook for reference:
https://mastodon.social/media/-kTtqrAjXvaSukAox3s

Also, since it's a Nordic rather than just Norwegian layout, it also means that the coloured coded alternatives differ based on which layout you choose in your OS, in this case I have to look for the dark red ones as the unmodified layer.

Ehh, not the #EEEPC, but the a bit-less-old #AspireOne. I keep mixing them up...

@Siiw
hmm, looks like the #EEEPC 900 series used #DDR2, while this #AspireOne uses #SODIMM #DDR3, so I guess that's out of the question. Maybe I can find some cheap RAM sticks on #Finn instead. :)
Though with hardware prices here in northern #Norway, even for #used #secondHand, it's probably not worth it.

I was hoping to do some #coding / #writing tonight, but @Siiw's #Acer #AspireOne #D255E that I was hoping to do for it, is a bit too slow to do so while it's also doing over a year of #Windows10 updates in the background…

Want to do a full system backup eventually and then see if I can dualboot it with some kind of lightweight #Linux distribution.

Maybe also see if some of the hardware from her old #EEEPC can be salvaged and used to upgrade this thing, like the #SSD and #RAM.