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The Linux distillery A cacophony of ASUS Eee Linux PC tips and tricks
The Linux distillery A cacophony of ASUS Eee Linux PC tips and tricks | A cacophony of ASUS Eee Linux PC tips and tricks |
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| by David M Williams | |
| Friday, 28 December 2007 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Change the OpenOffice languageEnglish (US) may suit you – however, if you're not writing for a North American audience, you'll get better spell-check results by telling OpenOffice the dialect of English – or any other language – that suits you better. The spell check and other language tools will now correct your spelling as appropriate for your region; it will no longer suggest you replace “colour” with “color” if that doesn't suit you. Call up a shell prompt I've mentioned this previously, but it is so important it has to be re-stated: you are not locked into the Eee interface; you have the full power of Linux under the hood. Press Ctrl + Alt + T to bring up a BASH shell prompt at any time. You can now probe the file system, run commands and perform any action you like. Sensibly, the shell is non-privileged, but if you need to do anything as the superuser, you can prefix commands with sudo. For a longer session of superuser commands, call up a new BASH prompt as root via sudo bash. Listen to Internet Radio Chill out with some ambient music while you work. There's an Internet Radio button on the Internet tab but it needs a little fixing due to some software changes after the ASUS Eee was first built. First, update it to the latest version using Add/Remove Software on the Settings tab. Next, open the Web browser back on the Internet tab. Click the Bookmarks menu and select the provided MediaWrap bookmark. When the page options, click to install the MediaWrap add-on. Firefox will tell you it is unsigned but that's ok; highlight MediaWrap and elect to Install. You'll be prompted to restart Firefox. Now you can use the Internet Radio applet; double-click it and choose your country and/or genre and play radio stations of your choice. To maintain a list of your favourite radio stations you'll need to register for a free account with MediaWrap, unfortunately these are saved on their web site and not locally. Add a splash of Bluetooth The Eee doesn't come with built-in Bluetooth; this is no major loss because it certainly comes with a great range of other features like built-in ethernet, WiFi and three USB 2.0 sockets. However, being a device so clearly geared for mobility, Bluetooth can definitely be handy for syncing with a mobile phone on the go or for driving a Bluetooth travel mouse or keyboard. USB Bluetooth adapters are easy to find, but a bulky stick protruding from the svelte Eee isn't so aesthetic. Never fear, you can find really tiny Bluetooth adapters which suit the Eee look so well, like this beauty . You wouldn't even need to unplug it when you put the subnotebook back in its carry bag. Now for a really cool trick that will absolutely transform your Eee! CONTINUED |
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