[Sugar-devel] Wacom Bamboo with Colors! on > XO-1 (again)?

[Thomas C Gilliard]

James Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:49:11AM -0500, chm wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for the suggestions and the reminder of how slow
>> NAND can be.  I've added a USB stick for swap and yum
>> caching and another for the kernel git and compile.
>>     
>
> Just thought I'd mention ... I've tested USB flash drives against USB
> hard drives, and found the USB hard drives far superior when performance
> is important.
> \
>   
+1
 I use the Seagate FreeAgent Go (250-500GB) USB drives or equivalent as 
install media for my Linux test systems.
 They work very well with netbooks and are almost the same cost as an 
8GB USB flash Drive.
 An added benefit; they seem at least 10X faster, and run off the USB 
port's power.
> I see from the other mailing list that you've been able to get the new
> kernel working.
>
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