The Trench Reynolds Report

  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: ToriOS

    Just when I think that there can’t be another Linux distro to fit on the tiny hard drive of the Asus EeePC 701 4G Surf, the Linux community surprises me. As I’ve mentioned before, I love it when DistroWatch adds a new distro to their database. Not too long ago they added a distro called…

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  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: wattOS 10

    I almost thought about not doing the EEEpc challenge anymore. I was playing a video game and tried using the Surf to look something up about the game. The Surf was so slow to work that I thought that it’s not really a functional computer anymore. Not only is it a 9-year-old computer, but my…

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  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Zorin OS 11 Lite

    I’ve been a fan of the Zorin OS Linux distro for a while now. Their Core OS is a great Linux distro for those just getting into Linux if they’re coming from a Windows background. It’s also good for regular Linux users if you just want to install a distro and just have it work…

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  • Trench’s adventures in Linux: Zorin OS 9 Lite takes the EEE PC challenge

    Recently Zorin OS released the Lite version of their Ubuntu based Linux distro. It is intended for older and low powered computers so I was anxious to see how it would fare on my Asus EEE PC 701 4G Surf. For those of you new to this feature the 4G means it only has a…

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  • Trench’s Adventures in Linux: The Android Desktop Experience

    The other day I found a Linux distro that is supposed to turn your PC into an Android device. Not only that but the distro had a variation just for EEE PCs. So I fired up the old 4G Surf and installed this particular distro. It installed fine and there was plenty of space left…

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  • Trench’s further adventures in Linux: SalentOS and wattOS

    I have two new Linux recommendations for you this week. The first one is SalentOS, a distro from Italy based on the long-term support (LTS) releases of Ubuntu. The one I tested was based on Lubuntu 12.04 although 14.04 is coming out in just a few days. I tried the version that comes with the…

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  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: PCLinuxOS LXDE 2014 Desktop

    Yes it has been two years since I’ve done the EEE PC Challenge. For those of you new to the site I have an Asus EEE PC 701 4G Surf. It was the first generation of netbooks. The problem with it is that it only has a 4GB hard drive and the Linux distro that…

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  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Mint 12 LXDE and Zorin 6 Lite

    Two new Linux distros were released recently that I thought would be worthy of the Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge. For those of you who are new, I have an Asus EeePC 701 4g Surf netbook. It is basically the first and in my opinion the best generation of netbooks although the 4GB hard drive…

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  • The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge Returns

    So my Asus EeePC 701 4G Surf came out of active duty recently. So I’ve been able to see if I can find any Linux distros that would not only fit on the 4GB hard drive bit would work well also. At first, I went to my standby and installed Zorin OS 5 Lite. I…

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