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Asus Eee PC 1000HD * 1.6Ghz Atom * 1 GiB ram * 10" 1024x600 display * OpenBSD (recent snapshot) * StumpWM is the window manager * emacs is the

by dmm 16y ago

Asus Eee PC 1000HD * 1.6Ghz Atom * 1 GiB ram * 10" 1024x600 display * OpenBSD (recent snapshot) * StumpWM is the window manager * emacs is the editor I use it as terminal to login to my ps3 running Debian sid for cell processor development. I use profont to let me fit a lot of code on the small screen.

cytzol 16y ago
I've heard some people say that only being able to see a small amount of code at a time forces good programming practices, compared to what you'd be able to do with a large monitor. Do you think that having such a small screen helps in this way?
- patrickk 16y ago
  I would say that's bullshit. Tried using a netbook to do some web development, and the small screen, keyboard and lethargic hardware made it very frustrating. Horrible compared to using a big monitor and powerful desktop.
  - billswift 16y ago
    I bought an Asus Eee several years ago for writing away from home, but discovered too late that the keyboard is much too small for me to type comfortably.
    - dmm 16y ago
      Was it the 10" model? I found the keyboard on the 7" to be too small to touch type but the 10" is just large enough after some adjustment.
    - patrickk 16y ago
      I got a Dell Mini 10v and turned it into a hackintosh for Rails development...unfortunately it's useless apart from browsing the web and reading PDFs. The small keyboard can be worked around by plugging in a proper Apple keyboard....but that's not very portable :-(
- dmm 16y ago
  Well it certainly doesn't force anything. I could probably adopt some bad practices if I really tried. The screen really isn't that small. I disable scroll-bars, tool bars and menu bars in emacs. Using 11pt profont I get two vertical buffers of 81 cols by 102 rows. That's quadruple the size of a vt100 terminal. How much more could you need? haha If I had to use gnome this display size would be unusable but stumpwm makes it very usable.
bluemetal 16y ago
I'm on an Asus EeePC 1000H and I adore it. I used to have another machine for gaming and other stuff but after I went about a year without turning it on I got rid of it. I like to plug mine into a larger external display and my wireless kb+mouse if I'm at my desk. As far as my OS, yesterday it was a pretty heavily tweaked install of XP, today I'm trying out Ubuntu 10.04. Oh, and learning how to use Vim. EDIT: I've also got a 1tb external drive for long term storage, and slightly smaller USB powered external for those other occasions.

by dmm 16y ago

cytzol 16y ago

I've heard some people say that only being able to see a small amount of code at a time forces good programming practices, compared to what you'd be able to do with a large monitor. Do you think that having such a small screen helps in this way?

patrickk 16y ago
I would say that's bullshit. Tried using a netbook to do some web development, and the small screen, keyboard and lethargic hardware made it very frustrating. Horrible compared to using a big monitor and powerful desktop.
- billswift 16y ago
  I bought an Asus Eee several years ago for writing away from home, but discovered too late that the keyboard is much too small for me to type comfortably.
  - dmm 16y ago
    Was it the 10" model? I found the keyboard on the 7" to be too small to touch type but the 10" is just large enough after some adjustment.
  - patrickk 16y ago
    I got a Dell Mini 10v and turned it into a hackintosh for Rails development...unfortunately it's useless apart from browsing the web and reading PDFs. The small keyboard can be worked around by plugging in a proper Apple keyboard....but that's not very portable :-(
dmm 16y ago
Well it certainly doesn't force anything. I could probably adopt some bad practices if I really tried. The screen really isn't that small. I disable scroll-bars, tool bars and menu bars in emacs. Using 11pt profont I get two vertical buffers of 81 cols by 102 rows. That's quadruple the size of a vt100 terminal. How much more could you need? haha If I had to use gnome this display size would be unusable but stumpwm makes it very usable.

bluemetal 16y ago

I'm on an Asus EeePC 1000H and I adore it. I used to have another machine for gaming and other stuff but after I went about a year without turning it on I got rid of it. I like to plug mine into a larger external display and my wireless kb+mouse if I'm at my desk. As far as my OS, yesterday it was a pretty heavily tweaked install of XP, today I'm trying out Ubuntu 10.04. Oh, and learning how to use Vim. EDIT: I've also got a 1tb external drive for long term storage, and slightly smaller USB powered external for those other occasions.