For some reason, I've always found it hard to love Puppy Linux. It looks like a bit of a last chance for some of the little netbooks, so I'm trying again - "BionicPup."

The highly recommended frugal install just didn't seem to work on the little EeePC with its half-gig of RAM and underclocked 900MHz CPU, but a "conventional installation" seems to be working.

I'm typing this on Firefox. Sadly, swap is necessary (probably not ideal for ancient SSDs), but at least the machine is usable - so far.

Lots of annoyances getting it working, but we're getting there.

Bed-time!