- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Que; 1 edition (Sep 25 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0789738104
- ISBN-13: 978-0789738103
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #603,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Asustek has introduced a single line of ultra-portable computers that could surpass all of Apple's Macintosh sales. Of that total, about 1.6 million units will be equipped not with Windows, but Xandros Linux. The Eee is designed to open up new market segments: In the U.S and other developed nations, it will be targeted largely at school students. Equipped with both "learning" programs as well as office and internet applications, the Eee will provide everything that students need regardless of their grade level. Because it is an ultra-light, highly mobile, yet fully capable computer, it will also appeal to business users and first-time computer buyers. This book will cover everything, from turning the machine on and connecting it to the internet, to how to upgrade, update, and generally get the most from these tiny computers.
About the Author
Bill Lawrence is a writer, illustrator, graphic designer, and web designer with more than 30 years of experience in the field. His most recent works include Setting Up Google Apps Standard Edition and, as co-author, Google in Education. Previous works include The Complete Desktop Publisher (co-author), The GEM Desktop Publisher, and DR. DOS 6.0 by Example. Bill has written dozens of technical manuals and help systems, designed full-color magazine ads, authored courseware, created press releases, designed sales collateral, and created hundreds of illustrations. He’s currently working as senior technical writer for Eaton Corporation. Bill is well versed in Linux and UNIX, and has been an open source evangelist for years. Bill’s books, magazine articles, and technical publications have won nine regional and one international award from the Society for Technical Communication (STC). Bill has also been a speaker at meetings and conferences for STC and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
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3.4 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very good for Eee PC Model 700, weaker for later models, Sep 28 2008
By Joe H - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Using the Asus Eee PC (Paperback)
This book has a lot of excellent and useful information about the Eee PC in general, but it disappointed me as I tried to apply its instructions to my model 900 Eee PC. Maybe a better title (until the book is updated) would be "Using the Model 700 Asus Eee PC."What I had hoped most to accomplish with this book was customizing the system and adding Linux software beyond what was preloaded. Most of the instructions for doing these things require use of the "advanced desktop" (also called the "KDE Desktop") which is not accessible in the EeePC as delivered. Unfortunately, Asus made some changes between the 700 series models and the 900. The directions for making the advanced desktop available, provided in this book, are for the 700 series, and do not work with my model 900.
The default repositories (external sources for application packages) listed on page 162 appear to be those used by the model 700 and do not match what's included in the model 900.
This book would be a very good choice for someone having a model 700 Eee PC, but for those of us with a 900, it would be helpful to have an addendum or supplement with instructions for our model.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The only game in town so far, Oct 23 2008
By James F. Strasma "strasma" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Using the Asus Eee PC (Paperback)
As a new user of the Eee PC 1000, running its standard Xandros Linux, I very much looked forward to the arrival of this book, and have not been disappointed. Yes, as noted by other reviewers, it's not written with the 1000 models in mind. However, even as a new Eee PC owner with no prior experience with Linux, I've been able to successfully apply everything I've tried in the book. It's just a matter of proceeding very carefully when doing tasks that may have changed since the 700 and 900 models explicitly covered by this book.Here are the pages I've noted as needing updates for the 901 and 1000 models:
page 26 worked after I'd already done sudo synaptic and temporarily added repository download.tuxfamily.org/eepcrepos long enough to activate the Advanced Desktop and then removed that repository again. (Don't do this until you fully understand the preceeding sentence!) Comment: I'm not impressed by the Advanced Desktop, and prefer just enabling the IceWM start menu as described on page 79.
page 36-37: Again, I got it to work, but didn't care enough for the result to keep it.
page 70 on the 901, 1000 & recent 700s, simpleui.rc is in /var/lib/AsusLauncher
page 214: caution: won't install if Firefox cache size is set to 0.
page 318: caution: EEEControl has not been updated for the 1000 yet. Again, I don't really need it, so don't care.
Having written several computer books myself, back in the Commodore era, I consider this a pretty good accuracy rating for a model the author hadn't even seen yet when the book was printed.
My only beef is that I wish there were a way to get the author's errata and corrections for the new models and search the book electronically without having to join an online subscription that's only free for 45 days. I'd happily buy an updated PDF copy to keep right on the Eee PC, if that were available. Meanwhile, all the updated help I can use is handy at eeeuser.com, a source also recommended by the author.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Book: Using the Asus Eee PC, Feb 27 2009
By Art in Rochester, NY - Published on Amazon.com
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After buying an Asus Eee PC1000 (Linux OS), I realized how little I understood about Linux, especially its file structure and Synaptic - the graphical software maintainance program that is built into Linux Systems. After a good amount of time searching for a reference, I chose this book as a reasonable starting point. Note that "Using the Asus Eee PC" is not really for the PC1000 model, but it enabled me to read my way to being able to search and use the various Asus forums found on-line.
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