Comments for Edith Frost

Comment on Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix by Rongdol

Rongdol — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:30:31 +0000

Yeah, actually I think there is also a Debian eee distro–folks on the IRC channel recommended it. I haven’t played with it yet.

Comment on Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix by edith

edith — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:35:05 +0000

(…then we could have the best of both worlds: Asus hardware gadgets that really work, plus access to the updates we crave, and a bazillion new apps that we can’t get in Xandros-land…)

Comment on Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix by edith

edith — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:30:55 +0000

Yeah it pisses me off that I can’t run Firefox 3 with the gtk they give you. I know it can be done and I have done it, but it’s a pain and very crashy. So I will leave in a heartbeat if they could iron out the few problems w/ eeebuntu. I’m a little worried now that they’re releasing all these new machines, I hope they still keep working on distros for the 900! OTOH I’ve also heard rumor that they might be moving the whole shebang to a new distro other than Xandros, what was it? Not Ubuntu. Plain Debian maybe.

Comment on Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix by Rongdol

Rongdol — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:21:19 +0000

Thanks for the tips–I pretty much have the same requirements. My other computers all have various Ubuntu variants. I’m actually liking Xandros (advanced desktop)–if the repositories were kept up to date it would work fine for me.

Comment on Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix by edith

edith — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:05 +0000

Well, hmmmph. I tried out a bunch of varieties trying to find one where every single piece of hardware worked properly even after suspend. That’s my main priority. I don’t care so much about the eye candy, whether it’s an Easy Mode-ish interface or a regular desktop, I just want the hardware to work and I want it to keep working after suspend. Anyway none of them worked 100% right even after all the script-tweaking I could find. Close, but not perfect. All the hardware works on all the distros provide you’re on a clean restart, but it’s the suspend that screws everything up. I do have the 900 model btw.

My favorite distro that I tried is eeebuntu in the Netbook Remix flavor, with the 900 scripts applied. That one worked pretty well, except the easy interface thing would freeze up after suspend. But you could kill that process, and your normal desktop would be underneath and you could continue as normal. I think if they solve that problem I’ll probably make that one my distro. At the moment I’m back on normal Xandros, choosing between Easy Mode and advanced desktop. I used emeditor to add a bunch of icons to Easy Mode, so that’s more tolerable now. And it’s just so fast, even a full reboot takes less time than just starting up a full desktop in Ubuntu.

Comment on Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix by Rongdol

Rongdol — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:13:52 +0000

Edith, Have you had problems with wifi & sound? Are you using the EEE 900?

I've been thinking of making the switch from Xandros to some ubuntu variant, but keep on reading about horror stories getting everything working!

Comment on I’ve been working my dream min… by edith

edith — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:42:56 +0000

Eh? I don’t know, I haven’t heard of that.

Comment on I’ve been working my dream min… by freak

freak — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:21:54 +0000

Is not Mod Lang the same people who put on the Pop Scene dances??

Comment on My new glasses by Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:42:17 +0000

Love ‘em Edith!! You fox! But they make you look so serious! I hope you can still crack up while wearing them…

Comment on My new glasses by Eazy

Eazy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:45:56 +0000

Sharp!

Comment on My new glasses by freak

freak — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:22:50 +0000

I like them a lot. Looks sharp!!

Comment on My new glasses by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:49:45 +0000

Oooh... you look so sophisticated... like one of them there New York elitist intellectual types that there Fox News is always blabberin' about.

That sort of got out of my control.

Comment on I got my new glasses! I can se… by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:45:40 +0000

The fact that you had to bring that up is disturbing.

Comment on Teen Spirit: 1926 by John

John — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:02:54 +0000

Hey, it’s the Ditty Bops.

Comment on Morning Recordings - The Welcome Kinetic by Scott

Scott — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:52:05 +0000

I found this recording at Sound Exchange in Houston this weekend. I love it; it is definitely a slice of Chicago underground. i imagine the SF underground as noisier, busier.

Comment on Saturday at Jodie’s by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:14:08 +0000

whoah, that’s a good one!! just saw this. yipes!

Comment on Wonder Wonder by bug-gimp

bug-gimp — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:52 +0000

kool stuff man

Comment on Saturday at Jodie’s by edith

edith — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:40:42 +0000

I was looking online trying to figure out where the fuck that image came from. Didn't find it but I found another one! What is the deal with these owl-dogs?

Comment on Saturday at Jodie’s by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:39:27 +0000

creepy/excellent dog/owl art!

Comment on Getting Woopra to Install on Your Mac by edith

edith — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:31:37 +0000

Nope I’m all set thanks to your post! Also in case it didn’t come out right, I meant that the install process is ridiculous, not the post. Very alpha software, but whatever.