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This file maybe useful for people installing Gentoo into their ECS A097. Highlighted text below is the make.conf that I use for my own A097. # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage # Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example # CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe" # CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu" # CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i586 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" USE="-qt3 -qt4 -arts -kde -bindist gtk gnome hal avahi X tk bitmap-fonts truetype-fonts type1-fonts alsa nptl nptlonly" SYNC="rsync://rsync.asia.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.gg3.net/ " INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" VIDEO_CARDS="sis" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451" ~yth

ECS A097 is a laptop using a Transmeta Crusoe microprocessor. Crusoe is different from two other will known processors, namely AMD microprocessors and Intel microprocessor, because it is using the VLIW technology. Intel and AMD are mostly CISC based processors. With the Transmeta Crusoe design, some of the instructions are being run by the processor and some are implemented in software they called code morphing. By doing this they basically offloaded the microprocessor thereby consuming less power. To prove further about Crusoe check the following link . What I am going to do here basically is to document how to run Linux in Transmeta Crusoe the fastest possible. There are many ways of achieving this like installing the OS using LFS but we will use Gentoo here instead. Install sequence: 1) Download install-x86-minimal-2006.1.iso from www.gentoo.org. 2) Burn the image into a CD-R/W. 3) Boot the machine using the minimal Gentoo CD. 4) Since my network was not configured properly on...

Location : Near Shangri La Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philipipines Decide for yourself if this internet subscription is worth the cost Impression: Globe Visibility is very slow compared to wired, always on internet subscription. Upload is very very slow. Browsing is marginally/slightly faster to dial-up. But note the price. Globe Visibility is 2000.oo flat which is way more expensive compared to cable/dsl. If you don't need extreme mobility please do yourself a favor, get wired connection. Note: Listed below are top speed, nominal/average speed is way below dial-up speeds. [Update (04March07)] After pooking around with how E220 modem works, I was able to achieve reasonable speeds. I think with this new speed Globe Visibility is good enough for home and for mobile users. I will create another blog entry describing how I managed to get decent speeds from Visibility. See the table tracking here. I have a...