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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge Returns
So my Asus EEEpc 701 4G Surf came out of active duty recently. So I’ve been able to see if I can find any Linux distros that would not only fit on the 4GB hard drive bit would work well also. At first...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Mint 12 LXDE and Zorin 6 Lite
Two new Linux distros were released recently that I thought would be worthy for the Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge. For those of you who are new I have a Asus EEEpc 701 4g Surf netbook. It is basically...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: PCLinuxOS LXDE 2014 Desktop
Yes it has been two years since I’ve done the EEE PC Challenge. For those of you new to the site I have an Asus EEE PC 701 $G Surf. It was the first generation of netbooks. The problem with it is that...
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Trench’s further adventures in Linux: SalentOS and wattOS
I have two new Linux recommendations for you this week. The first one is SalentOS, a distro from Italy based on the long-term support (LTS) releases of Ubuntu. The one I tested was based on Lubuntu...
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Thanks to the economic stimulus program I’m the proud new owner of the Asus eee PC. A 2GB Surf model w/o webcam because I’m a cheap bastard. I’m very happy with it. I like the built-in Xandros Linux OS...
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Trench’s Adventures in Linux: The Android Desktop Experience
The other day I found a Linux distro that is supposed to turn your PC into an Android device. Not only that but the distro had a variation just for EEE PCs. So I fired up the old 4G Surf and installed...
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: Zorin OS 9 Lite takes the EEE PC challenge
Recently Zorin OS released the Lite version of their Ubuntu based Linux distro. It is intended for older and low powered computers so I was anxious to see how it would fare on my Asus EEE PC 701 4G...
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Linux Mint 10 RC
I installed the release candidate for Linux Mint 10 on my Asus 701 4GB Surf the other day. I realized just how much I missed Linux. My latest laptop can’t get Linux to install so it was nice to have a...
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Review of Zorin OS
The other night I tried a Linux distribution called Zorin OS. It’s based on Ubuntu and bills itself as being easy for Windows users so I thought I would give it a try. However when I try a Linux...
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Review of Zorin OS 4 Lite
The people at Zorin OS were so nice in linking to my previous review of their Linux distro that I thought I would give another one of their distros a try. This time it’s the Zorin OS 4 Lite version...
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Trench’s further adventures in Linux: wattOS returns for the Asus 4G challenge
I haven’t done a lot of Linux posts lately because I’m pretty set in my Linux ways now. I run Voyager on my laptop and I’ve given up on the EEE Box because it has a GPU that I think they got from a...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Zorin OS 11 Lite
I’ve been a fan of the Zorin OS Linux distro for a while now. Their Core OS is a great Linux distro for those just getting into Linux if they’re coming from a Windows background. It’s also good for...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: wattOS 10
I almost thought about not doing the EEEpc challenge anymore. I was playing a video game and tried using the Surf to look something up about the game. The Surf was so slow to work that I thought that...
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Trench’s further adventures in Linux: wattOS returns for the Asus 4G challenge
I haven’t done a lot of Linux posts lately because I’m pretty set in my Linux ways now. I run Voyager on my laptop and I’ve given up on the EEE Box because it has a GPU that I think they got from a...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Zorin OS 11 Lite
I’ve been a fan of the Zorin OS Linux distro for a while now. Their Core OS is a great Linux distro for those just getting into Linux if they’re coming from a Windows background. It’s also good for...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: wattOS 10
I almost thought about not doing the EEEpc challenge anymore. I was playing a video game and tried using the Surf to look something up about the game. The Surf was so slow to work that I thought that...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: ToriOS
Just when I think that there can’t be another Linux distro to fit on the tiny hard drive of the Asus EeePC 701 4G Surf, the Linux community surprises me. As I’ve mentioned before, I love it when...
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Trench’s further adventures in Linux: wattOS returns for the Asus 4G challenge
I haven’t done a lot of Linux posts lately because I’m pretty set in my Linux ways now. I run Voyager on my laptop and I’ve given up on the EEE Box because it has a GPU that I think they got from a...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Zorin OS 11 Lite
I’ve been a fan of the Zorin OS Linux distro for a while now. Their Core OS is a great Linux distro for those just getting into Linux if they’re coming from a Windows background. It’s also good for...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: wattOS 10
I almost thought about not doing the EEEpc challenge anymore. I was playing a video game and tried using the Surf to look something up about the game. The Surf was so slow to work that I thought that...
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