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Nina Kalinina@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt (2026-09-16 22:34:05)
My favourite local computer scavenger found a new toy for me: original eeePC 900. I don't think I've held one in my hands in the last 15 years.

The laptop had a broken Windows 7 install on it, but it is too underpowered for this. We're boasting a single-core Celeron M running at 900 MHz, with 2 GB of RAM (upgraded from 1 GB), and Intel 910GM instead of a GPU. I wish it as eeePC 900a with Intel Atom; then I wouldn't need Spectre mitigations.

NetBSD installs well on it, but doesn't find WiFi out of the box (maybe it is turned off in the BIOS, I didn't check)
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r1w1s1@r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe (2026-09-17 04:42:59)
This is so cool! Now I really want to find an Eee PC and put Slackware or NetBSD on it. :)

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Nina Kalinina@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt (2026-09-17 04:45:15)
@r1w1s1 doesn't have to be eeePC, any tiny cute laptop would do, right?