Hello... Its good to be back. Is this the place to be or is the forum now it?

[Ben Rubinstein]

On 17/6/08 15:58, Bob Hartley wrote:
>> Interesting.  I like my MBP, but I'm doing more bicycle commuting and 
>> the weight is almost prohibitively cumbersome.  I've been thinking 
>> about the EeePC, esp. since Rev 2.9 is so much nicer on Linux now.  
>> But alas the 900 series is now U$600, so it's no longer the no-brainer 
>> purchase it once was.  How do you like yours?
...

> I've got the 701 with the 7" screen. The 900 is more appealing but I got 
> the 701 in November. Before they sold out...:-)
> 
> I've just put 2.9 on it and although  rev says 1024x768 the 800x600 
> seems okay. I'm going to put it on the desktop tonight. And I would 
> recommend the new Mandriva spring for anyone wanting to easilly try linux.

We've just got an EEE to play with - the 900, which has 1024 x 600 screen (btw 
Bob, where did you find System Requirements? - I've looked on the RunRev site 
and couldn't find them anywhere).

I've not yet got further than figuring out how to get to 2.9 to launch (the 
EEE comes stock in 16-bit mode; there's no GUI support - that I've found - for 
changing the screen depth; launching Rev from the GUI fails silently; but if 
you launch Rev from the terminal, it fails with an error that it requires 32 
bit display.  The helpful interweb reveals that you can edit a config file to 
restart the EEE in 24 bit, and this is sufficient to get Rev to launch. 
Phew!)   After getting that far I've not had the energy to play further with 
Rev - but I'm planning to take the EEE on vacation instead of my MBP, and give 
it a proper test then.

You might lend a vote or two to:

http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=6561

- Ben