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[Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First, my apologies for posting outside the key topics of politics or
dentistry.

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition with the Unity interface on an Asus
Eee 1001P. [0]

The system has some quirks, such as starting with the keyboard NumLocked
(which led me to think that i couldn't log in at all until I realized it)
and not supporting an external monitor well.

It also sometime grinds effectively to a halt. I hear it continuously
accessing the hard drive, but can't do anything. This sometimes happens when
I revive it by pressing a key after it's been idle for several hours, but
also see it in some other less well-defined circumstances. (One thing I
found was that opening the Files and Folders screen, so I don't use that
anymore, sticking with Gnome Commander.) When this happens, all I can do is
forcibly power down then power it back up.

I seem to remember there being scripts, and possibly even software packages,
that straightened this stuff out, but I'm not seeing them anymore.

BTW, I hated the Unity interface when I first experienced it, but have grown
to like it. With the help of Gnome Do, a bunch of Firefox plugins, Dropbox,
and a few other tools, this is a surprisingly useful little PC.

So... does anyone have any pointers on getting 10.10 to work better on this
Eee?

[0] http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=5AH8HAdGuhiQIXgg
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