[FADCA] Quick switch solution?

[Chuck Hast]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 21:41, Keating Floyd<kc4hsi at hamclub.org> wrote:
> I have really been impressed with my Asus EEE PC.  I have the 1GB
> RAM/8GB solid-state drive version.
>
> The advantage to that is low (ish...) power consumption, and pretty
> good hardening against harsh environments - pretty much like you might
> find where one might have a switch...
>
> I think Chuck is right on here.  These machines are inexpensive
> (geeks.com has netbooks as low as $149...
> http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=NBB) and certainly have enough
> horses to drive network and serial comms!
>

I have a Lenovo s10, I played with the XP HE until I got tired of Home Edition
"features" and pulled the HD, replaced it with another and put Ubuntu 9.04.
Now it really screams. Indeed I am using the Compiz desktop on it, that
really drives people crazy when I do a presentation with the thing as I will
have stuff up of the different desk tops and just rotate the cube to the one
of interest. The final mind blower is when I want to navigate to a face (desk
top) that is not adjacent, to the one in use, I just grab the whole desktop and
start to rotate, at that point the whole cube becomes visible and I just rotate
to the distant one. At times I will have a lot of stuff going on so I
will have as
many as 6 desktops, at this point the object is a hexagon, it is a lot of fun
and if it can run Compiz without herkyjerky it can do a switch and access
point. Indeed I use it to watch movies, it is better than my Lenovo T60
(corporate issue) running XP Pro. One the T60 when I watch a movie I see
little jerks as the whole thing stops for a couple of frames every once in a
while, on the S10, using both VLC and whatever the standard issue player
is under Ubuntu it is smooth with very nice video. I know if it can do that it
can handle a switch/access port function.



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Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."