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Me piqué e instalé Trisquel mini a mi viejo #netbook . Y sí, funciona mejor que con Linux Mint XFCE.
#eeepc #gnu

I just finished upgrading my #Asus #EeePC 1005PEB by formatting the hard drive to remove the awful #Windows 7 starter & installed Windows XP SP3.

Even though it shipped with Win 7, it does support XP & all of the drivers are available on the Asus website.

Everything is working great but unfortunately the Elantech touchpad driver Is no longer recognizing multitouch support.

It worked perfectly fine under Windows 7. I guess I'll try uninstalling it and try out another version... 🫤

#NetBook

Un chouette reportage SVM : une novice (Jeanne‑Marie) découvre un EeePC sous GNU/Linux — douceur, surprises et petites astuces pour débuter. À voir si vous aimez la découverte, le libre et la simplicité matérielle ! #EeePC #GNULinux #Linux #OpenSource #Framasoft #SVM #French
https://peertube.giftedmc.com/videos/watch/3a63563b-1f08-4145-9c8c-d7b21aabfe08

I finished stripping the rubberized coating off the #Asus #EeePC and I'm super happy with the results!

One feature of this #Netbook which I knew nothing about is that it has two power buttons. One button boots up to the #Windows OS as expected.

The other button fast boots in about 8 seconds to a bare bones #Linux distro called Express Gate. Apparently it's built into the motherboard chipset which is why it can load so fast.

This is awesome!

#RetroTech #RetroComputing

All right, who's the person that thought rubberized coatings on everything in the mid to late 2000s was the cool thing to do?

This is an #Asus #EeePC 1005PEB and the lid was covered in the thickest rubber coating that I have encountered so far.

Of course, it had gummed up over the last 15+ years and I have been slowly removing it with isopropyl alcohol for the past hour. I went around the edges and have half of the cover cleaned.

#PC #RetroComputing #NetBook

If you enjoyed this: https://github.com/PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv (the modern generic #SVGA driver for #windows3x ), then you'll probably also enjoy the blog post by @Ninji about getting proper video support for a #Asus #EeePC 1000H, and exploring the internals of vintage #vga, #svga and how exactly #svgapatch does its magic. #dos #dosbox

If you enjoyed this: https://github.com/PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv (the modern generic #SVGA driver for #windows3x ), then you'll probably also enjoy the blog post by @Ninji about getting proper video support for a #Asus #EeePC 1000H, and exploring the internals of vintage #vga, #svga and how exactly #svgapatch does its magic. #dos #dosbox

If you enjoyed this: https://github.com/PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv (the modern generic #SVGA driver for #windows3x ), then you'll probably also enjoy the blog post by @Ninji about getting proper video support for a #Asus #EeePC 1000H, and exploring the internals of vintage #vga, #svga and how exactly #svgapatch does its magic. #dos #dosbox

If you enjoyed this: https://github.com/PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv (the modern generic #SVGA driver for #windows3x ), then you'll probably also enjoy the blog post by @Ninji about getting proper video support for a #Asus #EeePC 1000H, and exploring the internals of vintage #vga, #svga and how exactly #svgapatch does its magic. #dos #dosbox

@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.