Comments on: Invention is the mother of necessity http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Six in one, a half dozen in the other « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/#comment-36220 Thu, 08 May 2008 01:56:11 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/#comment-36220 [...] strangely disappointing, to be honest), and put the Thinkpad back on a wired connection, using the USB-to-ethernet adapter I originally bought for the OLPC machine. I added the asix and usb-net modules, rebooted and changed rc.conf to use the [...]

]]> By: nikopsk http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/#comment-35109 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:05:01 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/#comment-35109 Very nice, I’ve been watching those ever since I saw the prototype in wired magazine….

]]> By: Onyros http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/#comment-35107 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:44:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/invention-is-the-mother-of-necessity/#comment-35107 Whooa, I need one of those USB-LAN adapters for my N800! I’ve been stranded a few times in places where I have ethernet but no wireless and that is exactly what I need. Can you pinpoint the driver it’s using? I think there’s a few of those selling in eBay, and the price is so low I wouldn’t forgive myself for not trying.

How pleased are you with the machine’s overall performance? I remember reading here that you thought it would become the fastest machine you have, but I really doubt it… The Geode just can’t keep up with the good old Pentium III. It’s more likely comparable to your K6, am I right?

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