Laptop Mag was able to run Windows 7 on an Eee 1000H, and surprisingly, Windows 7 ran on the Eee with just a few hiccups. Well we actually shouldn’t be surprised, because Microsoft did show that Windows 7 ran on the Lenovo S10 without a hitch. And Laptop Mag has made the following observations: Boot […]

Finally, somebody remembered the netbook owners. Think Free Office has released a netbook edition of its office suite, optimized for 7-10 inch screens with a resolution of 800×480 and 1024×600. It’s made for Windows, Linux, and even Mac OS X. It’s made for any Intel device (Atom included), and it only requires 80mb storage space […]

Reader Rico gave us a tip the other day regarding Ubuntu Eee. According to the Wiki, Ubuntu Eee is not only Ubuntu optimized for the Asus Eee PC. It’s an operating system, using the Netbook Remix interface, which favors the best software available instead of open source alternatives (ie. Skype instead of Ekiga). Sounds good. […]

Over at the EeePH forum, member Joel posted a way to speeding up Linux application start-up time with a little app called Preload. Besically, on Ubuntu you just have to open up a terminal and type in “sudo apt-get install preload“, and your applications will boot up faster. Since I switched back to XP on […]