Here’s some video of my Asus Eee PC that I shot yesterday:

You can see the Eee next to my large orcish hands to give you an idea of how incredibly small it is. Also, I rather clumsily toggle through the screens to show you the cool cube effects that Ubuntu can support on the Eee. Also, while I was recording, Thatcher started barking and Misha started saying “Hello” repeatedly, so it’s half a gadget video and half a pet video. I promised Dave Caolo a video weeks ago, though, so no editing or re-shooting. Here it is in all its crappy glory.

Ubuntu is running great on the Eee. I’m really liking it. I managed to chat with Jason Ball yesterday via Skype with video and everything. Worked nicely for short bursts, but after a while (or if I had too many other things going on on the Eee), the call would drop / Skype would crash. I think if you’re going to do Skype with video calls on the Eee, you really need to devote the machine to that communication. Avoid opening multiple tabs in Firefox and switching back and forth from various virtual desktops.

For anyone considering installing the Eeebuntu LIVE installation, I’d advise just getting regular full-fledged Ubuntu and trimming it down to what you like (or build it up yourself if you have the expertise).

Also, I’ve moved from continual tinker mode with the Eee to actually using it as a laptop computer on a very consistent basis. I have to say it works great. This + iPhone = TEH AWESOME. Now I just need to tether them together and get iTunes for Windows running in Wine. ;-)

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