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On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:25:35 +0000 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/02/2009 08:28, Ray Smith wrote: > > In the last few days I have discovered I can not just browse the web > > and check email but watch freeview TV, catch up with iplayer in > > wetherspoons over breakfast. > > Watch Tv shows and movies ripped from DVD without dropping frames. > > Access all my network files. Have my entire music and video library > > on tap. Play openarena, chromium,pingus and tuxracer and other 3D > > games better than I imagined possible with this device. > > And the best discovery I made being a retro addict was that mupen64 > > played my N64 games brilliantly ! > > > > > Sounds good. I'd be interested to know what the VMWare or Virtual > Box performance is like on one of these Aspire Ones. VMware was pretty slow to be honest. I justwanted to know that it would work. I will probably try virtual box in the next couple of days. According to the LXF article it's not so resource hungry. > > I bet something like the Aspire One would be perfect for emulation > too, just small enough to carry around in a bag and big enough screen > to enjoy the games without squinting (fellow retro addict here too). > > Rob > > Absolutely right. As I said up top, Nintendo 64 emulation is superb with mupen. Fuse is good for spectrum emulation and good old snes9x is great too. Just discovered Claws mail is a good alternative to evolution under ubuntu with this device too. Ray -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html