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Re: Netbook & Distro for Bob


From: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey () hotmail com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:18:08 -0400


Ergonomics are a big one here My eee 900 is small, and expandable, but for real hacking requiring lots of typing at the 
terminal, the keyboard is too narrow and the keys are too small, so you will be using backspace alot...  My wife has an 
Aspire One (retired coworkers hacktop) which was great for her school... the keyboard is much better for typing 
quickly, little wider screen too which is nice. -PJ
 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:53:34 +0200
From: toomsec () gmail com
To: pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com
Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Netbook & Distro for Bob

Funny thing, my friend's name is Bob, too!
He uses a now a little bit seasoned Asus eeePC 901.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC#Eee_900_series

The 13000mAh battery from Amazon extends the battery life to up to 10 hours.
An 802.11n capable Wifi card plus external antenna connector does the rest. Not to mentione that BT5 runs quite 
reasonable on it. I recommend to run the distro of your choice from an SD card though as the built in SSD is f....ing  
slow.


...want more inspirations?  The first page I came accross on Google:  
http://beta.ivc.no/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Internal_Upgrades

toomsec



On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:19 AM,  <admin () badcrc com> wrote:

My friend Bob is looking for a reasonably priced netbook with the following qualities:



-Wireless (with expansion capabilities in case Bob wants to do wireless bridging, etc.)

-Hardware that plays well with Linux

-Decent battery life

-Durable (will spend most of its life bouncing around in a backpack with other electronics)



Bob was also wondering if there are any live distros out there that are privacy-centric.  He was hoping the OS he boots 
to would be anonymized every time (randomized MACs, hostname, etc. and any other privacy countermeasures).  Sorry, I 
know Bob is pretty paranoid, I tell him so all the time...




Bob would appreciate any advice or recommendations.  Thanks!

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