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HP Mini 1000 ‘Hidden’ 3G module

The HP Mini 1000 is the 2nd netbook from HP which replaces the VIA processor from the previous 2133 and uses Intel Atom. It has SSD storage of 8GB/16GB, and 60GB HDD options. RAM is reduced to 512MB compared to previous 1GB. Lots of differences from the 2133 brother. Some are now surprised because i...

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How To install Ubuntu 8.10 on Eee PC

Ubuntu 8.10 has been released recently, and if you feel you want to install it on your netbook already, Tombuntu has got you a very detailed instructions of how to install Ubuntu 8.10. In his case, an Eee PC 901, But it should basically work on other model as well. The instruction includes: Creating...

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HowTo Fix Fn-F5 toggle on Eee PC running Windows XP

Since I now have a Live Ubuntu Eee on my 8GB SDHC, I headed and installed Windows XP on Eee 701 that I own. I was able to grab a USB to IDE cable from Brando and installing the XP with an external DVD drive was a breeze. After installing all required drivers and the [...]...

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What are the ingredients of One Day Computing?

One Day Computing is literally composed of 3 words, describing a whole day (8 hrs) of mobility using your netbook. And by mobility it means that you should be able to move from one place to another, without plugging a charger or turning off your netbook. One Day Computing largely depends on battery ...

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How to deal Eee PC Right-Shift key without hacks

Warning: This is an old topic, I just thought it might still be helpful. Despite all the good things about the Eee PC, there’s also annoyances we’ve been hearing as well. The least I should say is the Right-Shift key, which most user thinks it was misplaced (and small as well). Seems to ...

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How to Have Online Storage for Asus Eee PC 700 Series?

UPDATE: Not only Eee PC users will enjoy the service but the non-eee users as well. It’s quite not fair for some users who owns the first versions of Asus Eee to be unable to have free 20GB Eee Storage. Currently, the service is pre-installed to newly purchased Eee PC, and users will be able [...

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How To Install T500 on Asus Eee PC

While the release of the Eee PC 901 Atom-powered processor has been announced officially (DigiTimes), it’s not the same with 3.5G version. A question during the Press Launch in Manila was raised by Yuga if they are going to release 3.5G version in the future and the answer was clearly NO. But ...

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Ubuntu Eee: Screen and Graphics, the root of all evil.

Truly is. John Ramvi once mentioned the title on a comment to my previous post. It was indeed. I just finished installing Ubuntu Eee for the 6th time. And this time, I did not even think of opening the Screen and Graphics. With my previous installations, I always had to fix the screen resolution aft...

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Ubuntu Eee Update: Screen Resolution problem, Resolved.

Thanks to John Ramvi and Collegue. How To fix screen resolution problem: There are several ways to fix this problem. Solution 1: Reconfigure xorg file. [ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg ]. This solution was the one advised by John Ramvi. Solution 2: Manually edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This is a lit...

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Ubuntu Eee Update: Wifi fixed, Screen resolution screwed.

Looks like I fixed the wifi at last. I was able to download a more updated version of madwifi when I went to the repo. So essentially, there’s only one simple change with the original steps. sudo apt-get install build-essential wget ‘http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-nr-r3366+...

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