AsusEeePC
Keywords: Software, Online Go
The Asus Eee PC is a (very!) small, cheap (around $400 US) computer with solid-state storage media, running a Linux operating system (Xandros). As such, it should be excellent for studying and casual online play in areas where a full-size laptop would be less practical.
If you can confirm software that works with the Eee, please list it here!
Known Working
- Cgoban3 (KGS) works with latest Java JRE (1.6) installed! Have tried observing a game and chatting but have not tried to use it as a game-study tool.
- Jago seems to work fine. Just download it and then run it with a terminal ( Ctrl-Alt-t ) as "java -jar jago.jar". If you want to install gnugo, from a terminal:
wgethttp://xnv4.xandros.com/4.0/upkg-i386/pool/main/g/gnugo/gnugo_3.6-2_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i gnugo_3.6-2_i386.deb
should do it. The gnugo binary will be in /usr/games/gnugo
Known Problems
- KGS's Java client crashes on clicking "play on KGS server" when using the default (1.5) JRE.
Links
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209847,00.asp
- PC Magazine review, for the interested