The Netbook Thread

[offyoutoddle]

a lot of reviewers have criticised the trackpad and i felt it was a little odd at first, but you get used to it. Nothing wrong with it in day to day use.

Popped tiny vista on it the other night as well - suprised, but it flies along. I may have to rethink my vista hatred. although in all fairness, if those nice guys on the net could optimize it, surely MS shouldn't have had any trouble.

[t0ne]

I had a play on an Aspire One today and I was surprised that the keyboard actually felt fine to type on. I was expecting the whole thing to be more shoddy than it was. I thought the trackpad was OK but the button positions are a bit wanky as already mentioned. Much better looking than the EEE too IMO. Seriously considering one as a meeting / portable coding tool now.

[Governmentyard]

Posting from new 901 linux. shiny.

[Cloudane]

Finally found a decent Linux for my 701! (I believe it works on the 900 too):

http://lxde.org/wiki/Debian (near the bottom)

It's a custom Debian (which is the foundation for Ubuntu) with LXDE as the window manager and lxlauncher, which is a third party / open source equivalent of the Asus Launcher. Takes 5 minutes to install, works out of the 'box' and boots from button to usable desktop in 24 seconds (with the quick boot BIOS option enabled). Ohhh yes.

The original OS never quite cut it for me as you have to hack around to install software and put icons on the launcher. lxlauncher uses the freedesktop standard so if you install a package you get an icon, and with the Debian base you have the power of apt-get / synaptic too. Far better idea than putting Ubuntu on, as even Xubuntu is a bit chuggy on this little guy.

Only downside is it takes an age to resume from standby, but I'm sure either I or the authors will come up with a solution soon enough.

Edit: Screenie of the Chinese version (from the eeeuser forums - thread: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=34736 - I couldn't get their version working but the one at lxde.org does)

[Cloudane]

Ugh, no edit button. Anyway, I meant "boot booster" in the BIOS, not Quick Boot (which should also be on). This special distro supports the nifty shutdown technique that enables the boot booster option and saves like 7-10 seconds worth of POST screens.

[PumaG]

the bonsai doesn't look right, it reminds me of what people thought computers of the future would look like from the 80's.

1980s people could not have predicted the thin bezel obsession of 2000s people
I think the bonsai styling looks ok. Then again I prefer the original NDS.

[Governmentyard]

Has anyone enabled proper linux mode on their 901 yet? looks to be harder than on other versions of the device and I am becoming frustrated already with one or two things about the crippled xandros I'm presently stuck with, such as having a c drive full of shite which I can't delete, when I've plenty else I want to run.

[Governmentyard]

OK, has anyone managed to get ubuntu running with wifi on a 901?

I need something or this fucking eee pc is going to be propping up a bookshelf on its second day. Xandros crippled version is a disgrace, even as an 'easy to use' option.

[techno12]

I've had a 701 (4G) since Feb and have used it pretty much every single day since! - great for surfing in bed, watching movies, and taking out and about. I'm itching to see what the battery life is on the 900A as the only thing wrong with mine is the 2 and a bit hours - that's nowhere near enough for me, and is incredibly frustrating. Shame these UMPC's are becoming more popular, I've lost count of the number of people who've asked me "where did you get that?!!"

The Viliv S7 (8 hr batt life allegedly! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3dv__2i_OHM ) or Raon Everun Note (http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/08/amd-t ... erun-note/) are the ones for me, as they're about half the size but have a full keyboard - so they'll fit in me coat pocket...!

[Governmentyard]

Solved.

http://code.google.com/p/pimpmyeee/

download this code, go:

sh /home/user/whereveritis/pimpmyeee.sh

select extra repositories

select enable full mode.

[Firefox]

The Viliv S7 (8 hr batt life allegedly! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3dv__2i_OHM ) or Raon Everun Note (http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/08/amd-t ... erun-note/) are the ones for me, as they're about half the size but have a full keyboard - so they'll fit in me coat pocket...!

I do like that form factor - no palmrests or trackpad, just a decent keyboard with a lid full of screen.

[HGFB]

Goatboy

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/

Full instructions for getting Ubuntu working (With Wifi) are in there. It does work. Why not put XP on there if Linux is giving you so much trouble?

[Governmentyard]

My wife has the xp one. If I install an xp I got from the internet, will it sit comfortably on an eee or will it need some tweaks?

This whole thing has been a nightmare and I'm wishing I'd not bothered spending the money. The hope that one day there'll be an os called "Ubuntu for eee 901" which is specced for the actual device I'm using has prevented me returning the thing today.

[HGFB]

I posted a wiki link earlier

http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Main_Page
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_ ... _perfectly

[Yak]

get a Windoze