The switch

So I've got an Asus EEE 900 20g, I love it! It fits in my pocket (coat pocket) is handy to have around and has a much more usable keyboard then the ipod touch (rolls eye) or my Sharp Zaurus SL6000 and it has a normal OS. (zaurus uses a funky distro thats 5+ yeas old)

However... The eee I still have xandros on it, which is pretty nice but based on etch debian which is last generation debian... I'm all about not being cutting edge, but when you have computers and security to think about "sudo aptitude upgrade" is a pretty easy decision. However... Etch has pretty much come to its EOL. And you can't just upgrade to lenny that borks the eee.

So do I switch over to ubuntu or chill with something that 'just works' for now? I'm on a decent connection now so it's not a matter of installing it, and I have a server i can backup the current state.... But it still works, ya know?

I've been on the fence about this for a few months now. Last week I switched from wep to wpa for my wireless network, and the key I used for some reason was supported by every node besides the eee. So after much fiddling I finally shortened the key down a few characters and it worked. Had it not I would be on ubuntu 9.10 now :P

The moral of the blog: Procrastination is amazing