Has anyone tried RevTK on Asus' new EEE PC?
Does it work well enough? How about Anki?

I'm thinking about getting an EEE PC for RevTK and Anki
reviews while I"m mobile. I was thinking about getting one
instead of an iPhone.

Thanks.

ive been interested in getting an asus eee as well. I origanlly mentioned in this thread and someone replied saying they got it. you can contact them directly i guess and ask them. they did say it was perfect for their japanese studies.

I think anki would be no problem. Some non buyers say that the resolutino is too small for viewing websites but all the users seem to say the opposite. It might seem small on paper but im sure once you use it youll find its ok. Besides im sure you can install opera on it which is a web browser designed to view web pages on small devices such as pocket pcs or mobiles etc. I think thats the web browser the iphone uses as well.

i dont know where you are now but the asus eee will soon be getting a release in japan. unlike the wests 8GB there will be a 16GB version on sale. Could be worth while waiting for if you want that extra space.

thegeezer3 Wrote:I think thats the web browser the iphone uses as well.
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iPhone uses a special version of Safari.

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The EEE PC has a 800x600 resolution it seems. You could use one of the many "minimalistic" themes for Firefox to increase viewing area, and F11 will surely be handy (fullscreen view). Most pages on the RevTK site currently fit sideways in a Firefox window resized at 800x600.
There's always a zoom mode in Opera, in Firefox I don't know, which zooms the whole page, graphics included.

Anki is a software so I guess you'll need a version compiled for Linux.

If you're adventurous you might even try install Windows XP on it

There are a number of people using Anki on an EEE PC already. In the latest version (which I just released), there's support for making the answering buttons a lot smaller which helps to conserve space. I've also moved certain reporting information from the "help sidebar" to the main window to further increase space.

There are modified versions of Windows XP that are meant to use much less memory than the original one. You just have to search on warez sites or torrent trackers and download one.

I hear you can run os x on it also...

I just ordered one of these, and I should get it in a couple days.

resolve,

Do you know if these EEEPC+Anki users are running Windows or the stock OS? So far I haven't been able to meet Anki's dependencies on the stock Linux install.

As for RvTK, I use it in Firefox in fullscreen mode. The screen has a native resolution of just 800x480 but you can fit the whole kanji frame on screen so it's perfectly usable.

The guy I spoke to the other day had installed Ubuntu on his EEEPC, which makes meeting the Linux dependencies easy.

(I'm sure it's not _that_ hard to get it working on a stock install)

Personally, I'm waiting for Apple's Macworld Conference in the coming weeks to see if they release the rumored ultra-portable. If not, it'll definitely be the eee for me.

I have an iPhone and RevTK works fine, but Anki's web interface resizes too small to be legible every refresh. It would be nice to have an iPhone web interface using the specifications on Apple's website. Maybe I'll look into it, but I don't know if it's possible with a simple proxy site.

What about the "simple" interface on the iphone?

(I asked before, but I don't remember if I got an answer - there's no way to resize text in the cut down safari?)

the simple interface is what I'm currently using because the iPhone does not yet support flash. The text is legible but difficult to read, especially complex kanji. To my knowledge, it is not possible for the user to resize text, just zoom in and out. However, Apple provides a method of adding a conditional style sheet for the iPhone browser. The code is as follows:

Code:

<link media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)"
    href="small-device.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" >

this page details how to optimize your site for the iPhone. The only really necessary information for the web version of Anki is the subheading titled optimize for page readability.

This site will enable one to simulate the iPhone's browser. I would be more than willing to write the iPhone specific CSS or anything that can help.

I plan to revamp the website soon. I'll look into it then.

Has anyone had any joy running Anki on the original EeePC distribution? I haven't
If you have got it running, I'd really like to know how. I don't want to change distributions to Ubuntu just for the sake of one app (albeit a very good one).

The issue is with two packages that Anki requires... python-qt4 (v4.2+ required; EeePC Xandros 4.0.1-5 installed) and python-sip4 (v4.6 required; EeePC 4.4.5-4 installed) ...well, not with those packages themselves but with their own dependencies which cut pretty deep, enough to worry apt-get (and me). I'm worried about replacing core system packages with newer ones from the Debian unstable/testing distributions.

Any thoughts, suggestions, comments ...please!

Build your own. 'apt-get source python-qt4' with the appropriate apt-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. Repeat for sip. If you don't care about staying within the package system, you can just download the files from the developer's website and compile them manually. (some Anki users did just this before Debian/Ubuntu packages were available for pyqt4.2)

bittech has a guide on how to expand the memory of your asus eee. Require minimal soldering skills and opens the notebook up as little as possible however you will still void the warranty. You will lose one of the 3 usb ports though. Apart from the option of just using a usb stick on the side it looks like one of the easier methods and is well presented.

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2007/12/...s_eee_pc/1

I'm also having trouble getting anki to work on the default eee OS.

The libraries EEE ships with are old. Qt 4.2 was released in Oct 2006. You'll need to compile the libraries yourself or find packages somewhere .. or a more advanced user could consider building packages for the benefit of others :-)

my problem is finding what exactly I need to download and compile

if you search for QT or python-QT, there is tons of stuff, but none of it looks like what I need.

In order:

http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/x11
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip/download.php
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/download.php

thanks!

I'm having a bit of trouble getting them installed...but I'll try playing around with it some more. (*^_^*)

oh noes....I have been defeated by linux

./configure
make
make install

doesn't seem to work, all sorts of error messages...

I'm flying back to Japan in a few hours, but hopefully I can get it working when I get back.

Sadly, no anki on the plane =(

but it's ok, cause I can read Detective Conan instead =)

I suggest you try the Anki forum for help, there may be people there who have had success.

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snozle Wrote:This site will enable one to simulate the iPhone's browser. I would be more than willing to write the iPhone specific CSS or anything that can help.

I was curious to test RevTK on iPhoney and maybe adapt the CSS a little but the damn thing is for Mac >_<