As mentioned, I’ve got an Asus EeePC 901 Go.
It’s very nice to have internet-everywhere via the internal UMTS G3.5 modem, and this is very easy to accomplish with (Debian) Linux.
I’ve written a small HowTo that describes the necessary steps.
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As written in my first blog article about my Asus EeePC 901Go, there are two different versions of this EeePC model available, one with a very slow SSD and one with a fast SSD.
You can distinguish the two models by looking at P/N on the EeePC box or by opening the EeePC and identifying the SSD itself:
I made sure that I got a fast SSD model, but the question arises:
Today, I found the time to perform some benchmarks of the SSD read/write speed.
If you like my work, buy me a beer. (Suggested: 3€ for a beer, or more for more beer ;-) )By using my new Asus EeePC 901 Go while traveling through India for around a month, I noticed several things:
I’m currently in India and tried to get GPRS internet access using a mobile phone and a laptop. In fact, I’ve written this blog article in the middle of nowhere between Bikaner and Jaisalmer (Rajasthan). 
So, I bought an Indian prepaid SIM card (I’ve choosen Airtel). That was the easy part. With this SIM card I can make calls to Germany for a few rupies (around 10 Rupies=0.15€ per minute).
But getting the GPRS internet access working was a bit more complicated. Airtel SIM cards do not have GPRS activated out-of-the-box.
If you like my work, buy me a beer. (Suggested: 3€ for a beer, or more for more beer ;-) )
One of the first things I did with my new ASUS EeePC 901Go was to install my familiar Debian GNU/Linux environment on the little box. (Ok, the very first thing was to upgrade the RAM by changing the 1GB PC5300 SODIMM to a 2GB model ).
I found a new tech gadget that’s great as travel companion!
I’m talking about the “ASUS EeePC 901Go 16G Linux”. It’s a small 8.9″ notebook with a 16GB SSD and a G3.5 UMTS modem on-board.
I did tinker with the idea of buying such a companion for a long time now, but did not find the perfect model until now. Either the screen was too small (7″), the overall size was too big (with >= 10″ screen), a very slow processer was inside, the battery life was too short or the notebook had Windows preinstalled (I don’t like to be forced to pay the Microsoft tax)…
I’m using Linux on my “normal” notebook as well as on my desktop PC, so I’d like to have my well-known Linux environment (Debian) on this small gadget, too.
If you like my work, buy me a beer. (Suggested: 3€ for a beer, or more for more beer ;-) )
