[SGVLUG] linux-friendly netbooks

[Sean]

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Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] linux-friendly netbooks
Date: 03/09/09 20:04

> 
> 
> Sean wrote:
> &gt; I have the EPC1000HD, which came stocked with Windows XP. 
> &gt; 
> &gt; I soon replaced the Windows XP OS after discovering 1 week later that
it had
> &gt; included a Sino rootkit/keylogger, which either came out of the box
(thanks
> &gt; Asus),
> 
> Um... really? How did you determine this? I would think if it included a 
> keystroke logger then others would have found it.
> 
>   or was somehow embedded in a version of Cygwin that I had downloaded
> &gt; from anl.gov mirrors.
> 
> Yeah..... somewhat I don't think so. Paranoid much?
> 
> &gt; 
> &gt; In any event, I installed Debian etch via TFTP.
> 
> TFTP? Or FTP?

PXE/TFTP. The fact that you even ask this just goes to show that you're
blinded by audaciously ignorant assumptions, which explains the tone in your
response.

It's OK though, I know email has that affect on interpretation. =p

> 
>   The most painstaking task
> &gt; has been dealing with the drivers for this machine's NIC. I was
easily able
> &gt; to get the wifi drivers installed and running after a few hours of
googling,
> &gt; but I've still (a year later almost) have gotten the wired NIC to
work,
> &gt; which is more due to lack of time and desire than anything.
> &gt; 
> &gt; The one gripe I have is that I can't get a really feasible resolution
(to my
> &gt; standards), so it's really not something I find myself using much,
aside
> &gt; from when traveling. I'd rather have an iphone though, in that sense.
> 
> Oh ho ho. An iPhone... and that isn't tracking/monitoring you 5 ways 
> from Sunday? :)
> 
> Come on.
> 
> 

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