Category Archives: General

How to enable video in Skype for the Asus Eeepc.

Posted on Sunday, 25 November, 2007 by Jeremy

By default the Asus Eeepc comes with Skype but unfortuantely the version installed isn’t able to make use of the built in webcam. The first step towards using the webcam is to enable it in the BIOS. Strangely it is disabled from the factory, but it can be enabled by holding down the F2 key whilst the first starting screen appears. Navigate to the panel which lists integrated devices and enable the webcam. Chose save and exit to restart the machine and enter the next step. The next problem encountered is that the current version of Skype for linux doesn’t support video chat, but Skype do have a beta version available. The older 1.4 version will be installed if you try to install or update skype using apt-get, and even if you add the Skype official repository to your sources.list … Continue reading →

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MacOS on EeePC

Posted on Friday, 16 November, 2007 by Jeremy

Dan from UNEASYsilence has installed MacOS on his eeePC. I was wondering how long it would be before someone attempted this.

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Asus Eee PC Tweak Guide

Posted on Thursday, 15 November, 2007 by Jeremy

Notebook Review.com reviewed the eeePC and has information in regard to modifying the sources.list in order to install more applications, installing XP and even photos of the machine pulled down. This is covered in an article titled the Asus Eee PC Tweak Guide.

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Enabling 2GB ram in the eeePC kernel

Posted on Thursday, 15 November, 2007 by Jeremy

eFfeM from the eeeuser.com forums claims to have an untested version of the eeePC kernel that allows users to access more than 1GB. The default eeePC Xandros kernel is restricted to 1GB but the device hardware is quite happy to access the full 2GB if another operating system is used. 2.6.21-4 kernel with 2GB support.

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Asus eeePC useful links

Posted on Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 by Jeremy

Enabling Full KDE Desktop Extra repositories for apt-get

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MacOS 10.5 Leopard kills TivoTool

Posted on Monday, 12 November, 2007 by Jeremy

An unfortunate casualty of my recent operating system upgrade was the Perl based Tivo extraction tool Tivotool. I have been recommended the Java tool TySuiteJ, but I don’t think it has the elegance of Tivotool. I’ll post a review after I’ve tried TySuiteJ.

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Computers aren’t houses

Posted on Thursday, 8 November, 2007 by Jeremy

In the past I have bought the best computer I could afford and held onto it for as long as it was useful. These machines were eventually replaced but because they have reached a considerable age they’re not longer desirable beyond sentimental reasons and they’re near impossible to sell. This means they either end up as landfill or hopeful donations to recycling programs. These machines could possibly be still useful for some people, but there gets a point when machines are just getting too slow that they can’t even be given away. Obsession with keeping computers until they’re landfill. Unlike houses computers aren’t an investment. The $8000 you’ve spent on that high end machine is slowly disappearing from the day you take delivery of it. Recently whilst cleaning out my living space I realised I had 9 computers dating back … Continue reading →

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