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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:13:09 -0800
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On 12 Dec 2024 08:22:58 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:07:45 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
> >    Had an EEEpc ... great little unit ! Then I dropped it off a
> > ladder while aligning a security camera  :-(  
> 
> I've still got mine. The OEM OS wouldn't handle WPA2 so I sidelined
> it. Earlier this year I got it up and running with Q4OS after a
> couple of failed installs when it ran out of room. The Trinity
> desktop is lightweight and being a KDE derivative has the Windows XP
> feel the original Linux had.  
> 
> I jumped on it when it first came out as something small and cheap
> enough to stuff into a motorcycle saddlebag. 

Still running my Eee 904HA* as a portable typewriter - great battery
life, a usable keyboard, and enough horsepower for the job XD

* (The second one I've owned - the first slid off the roof of my car
  on the freeway entrance ramp when I absent-mindedly left it there one
  day. 35 MPH onto the asphalt and the hinge didn't even bust - *damn*
  but they made those things little tanks!)