[clug] Eeebuntu

[Kim Holburn]

On 2009/Jan/08, at 3:06 AM, Fred Pilcher wrote:

> Andrew Loughhead wrote:
>> Fred, do you happen to know if skype for linux is useable or stable  
>> on eeebuntu?  Including video calls using the built in webcam?  I  
>> know skype is an evil empire and all, but it is what my Dad uses...
>
> Sorry it took so long to reply. I was in Sydney longer than I  
> expected to be and didn't have access to e-mail.
>
> It's working fine for me, camera and all.
>
> Kim Holburn wrote:
> > Does it also do the two finger trackpad scroll like Xandros does?
>
> Surprisingly, as John's already noted, yes! They must have the  
> drivers sorted out well. The buttons above the keyboard don't work,  
> though that doesn't bother me since I've never used them anyway.

Oh, that's odd because I currently have a memory card with ubuntu 8.04  
with the array kernel which has all the scripts for the function keys  
but it doesn't resume and has only side strip scrolling.

I do find the brightness and wireless buttons useful.

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