My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook
My first Linux laptop is the ASUS EeePC.
This is a sweet machine in many ways. It boots up very quickly. All its functions are accessed through icons so you need know nothing. All its software is pre-installed so you need to do nothing.
Getting it out of the box and setting it up to recharge its battery took me all of five minutes. Just plug in the battery, connect the cables and find the on switch.
There is supposed to be a First Run Wizard for registration and license approvals but my review unit skipped right past it.
Configuring my network was a bit tricky, in that the terms used by my Netgear router and the Asus to describe my wireless encrytion were different. But trial-and-error worked.
The computer works. As you can see, our home page displays. I took this picture less than one hour after opening the box.
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