Hi
Has anyone any experience running Ubuntu on an EeePC machine.
I have been very impressed with my ThinkPad and impressed with Ubuntu and have settled nicely into the Linux world. My ThinkPad is only a 1.1Ghz Celeron and with 1GB RAM Ubuntu screams along.
Id like something a little more portable and compact and have been looking at these Asus EeePC machines, both the 7" and 10" models. The 7" models are 900Mhz machines, the 10" models are 1.6Ghz Atom machines.
I only do basic surfing, listening to music, FaceBook etc and writing. I do YouTube from time to time. So nothing heavy.
Simon
On 3 February 2011 14:59, Simon Royal mrsimonroyal@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
Has anyone any experience running Ubuntu on an EeePC machine.
I have been very impressed with my ThinkPad and impressed with Ubuntu and have settled nicely into the Linux world. My ThinkPad is only a 1.1Ghz Celeron and with 1GB RAM Ubuntu screams along.
Id like something a little more portable and compact and have been looking at these Asus EeePC machines, both the 7" and 10" models. The 7" models are 900Mhz machines, the 10" models are 1.6Ghz Atom machines.
I only do basic surfing, listening to music, FaceBook etc and writing. I do YouTube from time to time. So nothing heavy.
Simon
Ubuntu Netbook Edition (Remix) runs just fine on the Atom 1.6Ghz. I've installed it for a customer's EeePC through several versions 9.04 was the first I think. I have 10.04 running on my Acer Aspire One with the standard Gnome Desktop (I really don't like Infinity) and that is great for general Internet and document creation.
Cheers, BJ
On 03/02/11 16:32, John Woodard wrote:
I have 10.04 running on my Acer Aspire One
Although to be clear on that if Simon is looking at 10" models avoid the Acer Aspire One 751 at all costs.
The GMA500 gfx chipset is a troublesome beast on linux I have just converted my 751 back to a Windows machine and sold it because I was fed up with potential problems every time there was a kernel upgrade.
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 10:16:02PM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
Although to be clear on that if Simon is looking at 10" models avoid the Acer Aspire One 751 at all costs.
The GMA500 gfx chipset is a troublesome beast on linux I have just converted my 751 back to a Windows machine and sold it because I was fed up with potential problems every time there was a kernel upgrade.
I have the same model, and find it a pain as well. I keep hearing that intel might open source the drivers, but I won't hold my breath.
Richard
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