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August 2008

Arch Linux on my Eee PC 901

20Aug2008
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Just two days ago, I got my shiny white Asus Eee PC 901! I've been waiting a long time for this, and although it's the 12 GB WinXP model (lol Ausfailia), I've managed to set it up with Arch Linux and the GNOME DE.

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Not posting from an Eee PC ;_;

6Aug2008
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... because no stores seem to be stocking one that matches these specs:

  1. Asus Eee PC 901,
  2. with Linux (screw Windows and its anti-hacking regime),
  3. that's white (gloss finish == fingerprints on black surfaces).
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IELM Emacs Lisp Mode

3Aug2008
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M-x ielm

This brings up a dedicated interactive Emacs Lisp REPL, a bit like the one that SLIME provides for Common Lisp. It's a crap-load easier than doing C-x C-e or C-j on things and peering at the mini-buffer output.

Like SLIME's REPL, pressing M-p will go back in history, and M-n forward. The mode works just fine with paredit mode, which I personally love. Handy!