Re: saving to alternative disk directory

[Raphael Tennenbaum rtennenbaum@xxxxxxxx]

Harry Binswanger wrote:
> Rafe wrote:
> > on my netbook, I've configured the little SD card slot as a backup drive
> Which netbook do you have? Are these things powerful enough to do
> swiftly the kind of tasks we do on "real computers"? I'm not talking
> about video editing or music synthesizing. Just web browsing, emailing,
> and, of course, Free Cell playing.
pretty much. I'm using an Asus eee PC1000 w/ solid-state disk drive --
think I posted probably to most people's exhaustion back in January when
I got it. I think it was about $300. not sure it's still around, a
quick Googling turns up the Pc1000he model, which has a standard 160g hd.
it came with another Linux flavor pre-installed, but Ubuntu is a popular
and well-documented addition, and one of my goals was to acquire a
familiarity with the OS. Ubuntu performs all those things you mention
quite nicely, with the exception that Mozilla can be a bit slow --
however Google Chrome and some other Linux alternative browsers are
better. Xywrite under Dosemu is the fastest I've ever seen, though it
also uses considerable CPU power & I will probably experiment with
putting Tame on it. very light & durable & reliable, really one of the
best tech purchases I've made.

-rt