report II

mmkay. news from the front. Looking through eBay today, I found quite a few 4g for under 350 bones. most closer to 325. and some I looked at even had upgraded ram, which is awsome, but I'll cover what I found out about that later.

anywho, as a possible second option, I started looking again at the 2g surfs, and was pleasently surprised, as with quite a bit of tweaking, I'd still be able to run eeeXubuntu(a trimmed down version of ubuntu 7.10(Gutsy Gibbon)), while looking into this I found a nifty link* for what the writer refered to as linux Liposuction. or Xubuntu in under a gig.with this, though I'm not sure, I should be able to eventualy(after buying a decent sized SD card) run Compiz-fusion(what Beryl is now, I found out) on the 2g. but that sd card probably'll bring me up to the same ammount as a stock 4g surf, but with no upgradable RAM, which I was hoping to do ASAP.

So the 2g is still out probably, but it's still a thought.

but, as for the RAM that yesterday I said was un-upgradable, and today say the opposite, I was looking at the wiki page, and found that 4g non surfs do have an acces hatch to the RAM, and 4g surfs in black generally(i love being sure) have that acces hatch, where 4g surfs in white might(oi) have them. so based on that, I'll probably end up with a 4g non surf**. or a black surf if I absolutly cannot wait.

but I'm glad Ubuntu and Compiz are still in reach, relitively simply. so yeah.

Ebay progress bar: $100.89/$325.00~350.00

*http://po-ru.com/diary/linux-liposuction-or-xubuntu-in-under-a-gig-on-the-eee-pc/
**which sucks cuz the only difference you get for 50 bones (besides the knowledge that it'll have the RAM access) is a web cam. who needs a webcam? If I really want one I could buy a better one aftermarket for 25~50 bucks. oi.