The Netbook Thread

matt · Post by **matt** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:58 pm 0

The look really cool. Amazing they can crank them out at that price.

I'll watch to see if OSX is better supported...

matt

dom · Post by **dom** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:32 am 0

I just tested with Ghouls'n'Ghosts, and xmame runs rather nicely on the Eee

General Ubuntu installation instructions here.

edit: I reinstalled the OS; stock Ubuntu 7.10 runs fine, although it takes about twice as long to boot, all of about 30 seconds

Dom

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:48 am 0

does the wireless card/hardware work automatically in gutsy, or do you need to fiddle with it a bit?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:13 pm 0

NDISwrapper.

dom · Post by **dom** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:13 pm 0

wanye wrote:does the wireless card/hardware work automatically in gutsy, or do you need to fiddle with it a bit?

I followed the instructions here: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu

Essentially, you need to download the windows driver from ASUS and use ndiswrapper. It's not an ideal solution, but unfortunately ASUS appear to have messed-up releasing the source for their driver. It runs perfectly, though - with the added bonus that the Ubuntu wifi manager app remembers my WEP key, whereas on the default Xandros install I had to type it in every time I rebooted.

Now to try a BBC Micro emulator...

edit: I have a space in my SSID, it doesn't seem to bother Ubuntu nor Xandros.

Dom

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:17 pm 0

I found out about these independently the other day, I should pay more attention to the front page of Bleatings, obviously

Really, really want one of these. Seriously considering ditching the PowerBook for one, actually, but I just had to spend over Â£1100 on my RSI-related medical bills so maybe it's not such a great idea at the moment...

Wanty.

Stone

dom · Post by **dom** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:37 pm 0

The beebem emulator compiles fine under Ubuntu (once I'd installed build-essential, libgtk2.0-dev and libsdl1.2-dev), and runs at almost realtime speed on the Eee - it even runs Elite

Now where's that linux version of Doom...

Dom

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:09 am 0

anyone know of a place that has them in stock at the moment?

get paid today, and want to get me one before xmas

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:26 am 0

dom wrote:runs at almost realtime speed on the Eee

I'd be disappointed if the Jag emulator didn't run fine throttled, which needs at least 10x the horsepower of any 8-bit machine.

moosedude · Post by **moosedude** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:01 pm 0

Do ya reckon I could put apache on it and use it as a web development environment? and possibly gcc?

otherwise, I could install XP on it, and visual studio 2005 with IIS; I wonder if it has enough grunt for that though.

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:37 pm 0

apache should be fine. compared to the UI, its not much of a resource hog

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:37 pm 0

You found anywhere to order from yet, dude?

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:55 pm 0

nope. best one i've found so far on eeeuser/google is one place expecting them in next week.

i've been expecting a block of hash for the last week, and keep getting let down.. i dont want the same happening with an eee

oNyx · Post by **oNyx** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:48 pm 0

In Germany they are going on sale at the end of December... eventually.

Tyke · Post by **Tyke** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:59 pm 0

Stock just in, get one quick!

http://www.microanvika.com/search.asp?keywords=asu14450