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Posted:5/26/2008 3:02:00 PM |
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It seems like, a lot of updates that I download 'cause more problems than intially started.
I don't know why, but I'm scared to update now. =\
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Posted:5/26/2008 7:33:00 PM |
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At the risk of exacerbating your fears, I gotta say your fears don't seem to be unfounded.
From my (limited) experience with the ASUS-supplied updates and patches, as well as user experiences I've read here and elsewhere, it seems that its truly a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
There are several elements a play here - for whatever reason, many have found that these create stability issues with the Eee and those that have managed to successfully install them report little/no noticable improvement in their device, while all these patches eat into the limited user's storage.
For those considering updates to the included 3rd Party programs (like OpenOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox, Adobe Acrobat, Skype), one must realise these do not overwrite the older program, but install a full new program into the user storage. For example, that can mean with OpenOffice some 100 MB of space taken up, while the older version goes dormant. Unless you know of a particular feature found only in an update, it hardly seems worthwhile.
ASUS' software Support for their OS has seemed sketchy, at best. Many of their patches/updates seem questionable, incomplete and often encourage instability in the Eee, while the library of useful additional software is meagre (especially when compared to other Linux distros) and rarely appear tweaked to best use the limited hardware of the Eee.
Unfortunately, it appears ASUS' response to these issues has not to resolve the above, but to actively encourage users to move to XP - pre-installed or manually - and that's neither a resolution nor very forward thinking. Until ASUS gets their at together with their OS, you'll find that the Eee with its default programs (along with those .deb programs you find from other providers that are self-contained and may work on the device) work just fine as is.
Don't be scared. Be clever.
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Posted:5/28/2008 8:50:00 AM |
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Sounds like great advice to me. Thanks for your input. I will shy away from it as well.
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Posted:5/28/2008 3:25:00 PM |
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Thanks for the advice.
I have been concerned with the support as well. I was tempted to install other EeePC Linux-supported Distros in place of the Xandro's built one.
I don't mind the current Easy Mode OS I have now. I'll probably stay with it until well, I don't know when.
Thanks again. :3
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Posted:5/28/2008 8:35:00 PM |
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For whatever reason, ASUS seemed to have hidden many of the built-in features/programs of the OS when they created the default Easy Mode Desktop. While great for the basic tasks that ASUS seemed to market the device originally for (kids and seniors) , the success of the Eee grew out of the fact the device really is a fully-featured subnotebook with a full OS.
Without tempting fate by installing patches/updates, you might find you gain some more funtionality for yourself by checking out some of the stuff in the wikis at eeeuser -
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/
Some of it is painfully geeky (which certainly explains some abandoning the OS for XP) but it may give you some ideas if you feel so bold.
Bon chance!
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