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One month of living with an Acer Aspire One and Fedora 10

by Earl on February 5, 2009

in Hardware, Linux

In January this year I posted of installing Fedora 10 Linux on an Acer Aspire One Netbook computer.
I’ve been living with this combination for a month and thought I would share a few longer term impressions.
Pros
1. It’s still a joy to be able to carry this little computer about easily with no more bulk then [...]

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Attracting attention with an Acer Aspire One

by Earl on January 13, 2009

in Hardware

This morning I took my car to the dealer for routine maintenance recommended during a prior visit. I’d been told it would take 1.5 to 2 hours so I brought along both a book and my Acer Aspire One netbook to occupy my waiting time.
Normally I’d just wonder around the new car lot to pass [...]

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Acer Aspire One and Fedora 10, a great little combination

by Earl on January 1, 2009

in Hardware, Linux

This past holiday season Netbook computers were a leading seller for Amazon, and thanks to my dear wife I was a lucky recipients of one of those sales.
I received a Sapphire Blue Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch (1.6 GHz Atom Proc, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HD, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Netbook.
One of the most [...]

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