The little Fujitsu just keeps on going. It's my favorite confuser to bring on work trips due to its small size. I access my corporate VPN easily using a java client, and it works seamlessly on both Damn Small Linux 4.2.5 and Puppy linux 4.0.

The machine is currently triple-booting Puppy, DSL and Wolvix, though Puppy is my everyday favorite. It's fast, easy to use and hassle free. DSL 4.2.5 is certainly more user friendly than earlier versions, but still lags behind Puppy (and it's half the size!) Wolvix is really nice, but definitely puts more strain on the modest hardware of the B2131. Wolvix also has some odd shortcomings, for example it lacks a graphical search tool and for the life of me I can't get the screen to lock.

In fact, I like B2131 so much, I decided to get a B2630 from eBay. Same form factor, more power and built in wifi. It didn't go quite according to plan - for some reason Fujitsu messed with the keyboard layout. Some keys were moved around, and the B2630 didn't have the Page-up and Page-down keys on the B2131. I really missed them. Add to that, the B2630 I got must have had some kind of hardware fault, as it would reboot randomly and with no warning. So, after some protracted wrangling with an unhappy seller, I was eventually able to return the B2630.

I've decided that for now the B2131 does everything I need while on the road. It doesn't have the power of a EeePC processor, but the screen is bigger. For everyday computing tasks like web browsing, accessing my corporate VPN, word processing and spreasheets - Puppy on the B2131 does everything I need.