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Splashtop: Linux for Windows users
Curt:
Then you can try xPUD, (works fine on my Aspire One), which I mentioned here, -4wd (March 02, 2011, 03:38 AM)
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DotTech seems to be on vacation and is re-running their review from February 26, 2010, on xPud: >xPud: Quickly gain access to your files and/or the Internet by booting up in under 10 seconds | Freeware Reviews | dotTech<
However, xPud has not been updated in at least 1½ year, and I think development has died
-but I am gonna try it anyway!
kyrathaba:
Then you can try xPUD, (works fine on my Aspire One), which I mentioned here, (along with SplashTop and InstantOn a few posts down).
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Just wanted to let anyone using an Inspiron Notebook, or perhaps various other Dell laptops, know that xPUD is the only linux flavor I've EVER gotten to connect via wireless to the 'net (apparently, the Broadcom WLAN cards that ship in many Dell laps are notoriously unsupported in Linux distros). I now have it configured on a USB drive, such that if I interrupt from the normal boot-preference order, and specify that USB stick, it boots completely in 10-15 seconds, and connects to the internet, giving me access to Facebook, Firefox, instant messaging, etc.
I had to copy the backup data file, xpud-data.gz to the /opts/ directory to get xPUD to automatically connect to the internet.
kyrathaba:
it boots completely in 10-15 seconds
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Correction: it takes about 30-31 seconds to reach the xPUD desktop, and another 6-7 seconds to complete connection to the internet. But the additional time is primarily due to two factors: (1) having to F12 into boot device selection, then pick my USB drive, and time to read a 1.3 Mb backup file from USB (reading in my wireless password and other settings).
I imagine if you had this on SSD, it'd boot in well under the 10 seconds some people are reporting off their mechanical hard drives.
40hz:
Just wanted to let anyone using an Inspiron Notebook, or perhaps various other Dell laptops, that xPUD is the only linux flavor I've EVER gotten to connect via wireless to the 'net.
-kyrathaba (September 10, 2011, 09:42 PM)
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FYI: I'm currently running Linux Mint 11 (Katya) on a Dell Inspiron laptop. Mint correctly identified the built-in wifi right out of the box. And I was able to connect to my home WAP (running Tomato and using WPA2-PSK) immediately after entering the passphrase. Internet connectivity is flawless and the performance is noticeably better under Linux than it was under Windows.
Got an Inspiron? Try Mint. :Thmbsup:
kyrathaba:
Got an Inspiron? Try Mint.
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+1 :up:
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