{"id":1409,"date":"2009-04-09T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T02:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2009-04-09T21:21:15","modified_gmt":"2009-04-10T02:21:15","slug":"netbook-tweaks-at-barcampkl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/04\/09\/netbook-tweaks-at-barcampkl","title":{"rendered":"Netbook Tweaks at BarCampKL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At BarCampKL last weekend (wow, time flies), one of the more interesting talks I attended was <a href=\"http:\/\/preetamrai.com\/weblog\/\">Preetam Rai&#8217;s<\/a> session, on Netbooks. Carolyn was suspicious that a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thechannelc\/statuses\/1455952031\">Mac head<\/a> was at a netbook session, but the reality is, I&#8217;ve always been interested in netbooks, ever since I picked up the Asus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/category\/handhelds\/eeepc\">Eee PC<\/a> 701.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t &#8220;live tweet&#8221; the session, but I did take notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep in mind the small screen &#8211; <i>800&#215;480 is crap. 1024&#215;600 seems to be the new preferred resolution, and it might make things like Google Reader easier to use<\/i><\/li>\n<li>What browser? Chrome seems to work well &#8211; <i>I&#8217;ve been Chrome free, considering I don&#8217;t run Windows&#8230; All this may change, but it seems like the interface of Chrome, the lack of a top toolbar, is a pretty good thing<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Dock, to make it more OSX like, Rocket Dock &#8211; read Preetam&#8217;s post about <a href=\"http:\/\/preetamrai.com\/weblog\/archives\/2008\/12\/23\/netbook-tricks-1-rocketdock\/\">Netbook Tweaks 1: Rocketdock<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Magnification &#8211; The Magnifier, EZ Magnifier<\/li>\n<li>Anti-virus &#8211; use AVG (free)<\/li>\n<li>MSN Messenger &#8211; hack to remove ads, mess.be. Otherwise use Pidgin, which as an alternative to MSN Messenger<\/li>\n<li>Office &#8211; MSOffice isn&#8217;t so user friendly on small screens because the toolbars take lots of space. OpenOffice.org is also a problem, in terms of toolbars. Mozilla Prism, then use Google Docs, with offline mode<\/li>\n<li>Using Linux? Well, you can contact your local LUG<\/li>\n<li>Battery life? Turn of wifi, bluetooth when you don&#8217;t need it. Low power saving mode.<\/li>\n<li>Windows? Disable computer discovery, bluetooth management<\/li>\n<li>Linux? Mind the filesystem, also keep in touch with fstab. You don&#8217;t want to kill your SSD<\/li>\n<li>How do you speed it up? Upgrade the RAM.<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard? 701 has a horrible keyboard. HP seems to do pretty well with their keyboards. Ditto with MSI Winds, the Lenovo, and newer Asus EeePC&#8217;s &#8211; so the keyboards are getting better<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, with regards to Linux, the Ubuntu Netbook Remix seems to get the most traction. I am partial to Fedora&#8230; If I pick up an Asus 1000HE, do I just &#8220;enjoy&#8221; using Windows? 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