Thanks,

Troy

Stack of Tongue Drums for the school

Making a Cut

Computer controlling the CNC machine.

Stick dulcimer getting a polyurethane coat.

Picture of where I will glue the fret board.

I loaded the latest Ibex release and the array.org kernal, then I installed the eee control center and added CPU frequency scaling to the toolbar. This was a painless install and now I am so freaking happy. The performance is awesome and I have not run into any problems yet, and I’m getting about 6hrs of battery life. Not bad considering the lack of undervolting. If you want the complete step by step just drop me a line, but I think the information you need can be found on the array.org site.

Eating from a local source is undeniably good for the environment and a way to reduce the stress on the planet. As a teacher for the past 10 years I have observed many students that don’t know anything about where their food comes from or the processes that it must go through in order to make it to their plates. We have become disconnected from our food and consequentially the planet. In order to be effective at achieving sustainability we must take ownership of our lives and reconnect with the planet and each other.

Dear Asus,

I have found that the EeePC is an awesome product. I have purchased two of them and helped many other people make the decision to buy one. I also look forward to the release of the EeeTV. As an ASUS consumer and advocate I would like to share my views on the use and function of the Linux operating system on the Eee line of pc’s.

The decision to go with Linux was a great move. There are not enough manufacturers supporting Linux to the extent that ASUS has. I would, as a Linux user like to see ASUS extend support beyond the Xandros operating system. I am not a linux purest who thinks that ASUS must release the source code for all the software that makes the Eee Pc a great little machine. What I would like to see is precompiled packages that can be plugged into the most popular of Linux distributions like SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva and Fedora. I would also like to see full synaptic support to Xandros Repositories and full desktop support.

ASUS one of the reasons that you have done so well and had so much success is that you gave users more options with your Eee Pc’s. Linux users have been very excited at the prospect of having such a neat little computer with Linux support. The same Linux users that have helped ASUS succeed prefer operating systems and computers that offer freedom. It is up to you to foster that good will by understanding the Linux consumer and his philosophy. The Linux user will work around obsticles that hamper his or her computer operating experience, but they will praise and avidly support the company who makes that job easier. With so many compact computers popping up in the market these days, your early out of the chute advantage may dwindle. It would make good sense to build stronger relationships with those users who support ASUS.

For my own use I prefer Linux because it is stable, secure, powerful and free. Linux gives me the ability to work with just about any file and not deal with proprietary BS or DRM. I try to find Linux equivalents to all the Windows software that I would want to run and many times I find software that just works better. Linux has come a long way in the past 8 yrs that I have been using it and it can be used as a viable desktop replacement however, I personally need to resort to the command more than I would like and probably more than many users could tolerate.

I made a pledge to my wife that next time we bought her a new computer that we would get here a MAC. I chose to get her a MAC because it is stable, secure, powerful and offers a greater chance of hardware support for printers and external devices. She has had a very good experience with her MAC and the only complaint that I really have about it is the cost. MAC’s are expensive and the software tends too be expensive.

We do have a windows machine which we keep around because of the greater variety of low cost commercial software available. It is sometimes necessary to pay for software in order to get things done. I have used Windows machines for about 15yrs so I am fairly adept at getting them to do what I want, and I have tons of software that I have accumulated over the years. The problem with windows is that they in general lack stability. Blue screens of death and rebooting is not what I consider fun. I know that the new Windows Vista is out and some people think it is great, but the few times the I have had to work on it I have found it to be a resource hogging pain in the butt.