eeebuntu 3.01 nr

[SirJangly]

Xp is really sluggish on my asus 1000he. Does anyone have experience with eeebuntu? Anything I should watch out for? What will happen to the ghost image of xp on the hard drive? Thanks in advance mates!

 

[VinDSL]

I've used Eeebuntu Standard, and several other distros on my Asus 1000HD... but not NBR.

Standard and NBR are basically the same - they just use different launchers.

I don't know exactly what you're asking... ghost image... but if you care about it, be sure to backup your HDD before goofing around with a new OS. All it takes is the (wrong) click of a button during installation, and you can wipe your data during the partitioning phase.

I get around this by 'shrinking' existing partitions before the install using GParted - and making my own partitions prior to the installation. Then, I'm careful as fuck to read everything on the screen before I start clicking things.

Sooo... if you know what you're doing, you shouldn't have any problems . But if this is your first stab at installing Linux, make sure you backup everything first. I use a proggie called Clonezilla for my backups and mirror images.

Anyway, Eeebuntu works fine. I just got tired of it after a couple of weeks...

I've been running Linux Mint 7 on my Eee PC - been tweaking it since July - and it's working so good it's scary! However, I've put a LOT of time and effort into it.

Here's a recent snappy...

http://vindsl.com/images/JagPC_screenie.png (VinDSL.com - Eee PC 1000HD with Linux Mint 7 )

Same Eee PC with Eeebuntu Standard...

http://vindsl.com/images/EeePC-MacBook-clone.png (VinDSL.com - Eee PC 1000HD with Eeebuntu 3.01)

And the same Eee PC with Jaunty (for comparison)...

http://vindsl.com/images/EeePC-Jaunty-Array.Org.png (VinDSL.com - Eee PC 1000HD with Ubuntu 9.04)


If you're new to Linux, go with Eeebuntu - otherwise you might want to try Mint 7.

Those have been my 2 favorites, so far.

 

[lxskllr]

I have Ubuntu-eee(Easy Peasy) on my Eee900. I'm pretty happy with it, but I think I'm going to use standard Ubuntu on my next install. The netbook gui is slick looking, but I find it too limiting. I prefer the standard desktop, and that's what I'm using with my setup.

 

[SirJangly]

Would all the wifi and processor down clocking features work fine with any of these? Basically, would my netbook have the same functionality that it has now with xp?

 

[lxskllr]

Everything works great on my Eee900. Check out these forums for your specific model...

http://forum.eeeuser.com/

 

[Bateluer]

When I had my EeePC 904HA, I used Easy Peasy 1.0. Ran very well and everything worked out of the box. If I were to buy another netbook, I would definitely verify Easy Peasy support before purchasing.

 

[SirJangly]

Is easy peasy similar to eeebuntu?

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: SirJangly
Is easy peasy similar to eeebuntu?

http://www.geteasypeasy.com/

Never used eeebuntu personally though.

 

[SirJangly]

Isn't easy peasy the new name for eeebuntu? Regardless, it's only downloading at 150k/sec

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: SirJangly
Isn't easy peasy the new name for eeebuntu? Regardless, it's only downloading at 150k/sec

Not quite. Easy Peasy is Ubuntu-eee(what it was called when I installed it). eeeubuntu is a different distro that I haven't played with. I suspect they're all pretty similar. Ubuntu-eee(Easy Peasy) was the first one I tried, and it worked great, so I didn't look any further.

 

[Cheeseplug]

On my 904HA I am running eeebuntu standard. It works great, is lightweight and has all the features you need for a netbook. I don't like the NBR version, because the interface makes it feel like a toy to me.

 

[Zolty]

Just removed eeebuntu nbr from my 900a when some random update started disabling wireless. I threw on windows 7 and I couldn't be happier windows 7 is the best thing to ever happen to my little underpowered netbook. That said eeebuntu was the easiest linux experience I have yet to have, as an OS I give it 7/10 not counting the wireless disable issue which caused me to uninstall it. It worked, it wasn't fancy but it did it's job. Biggest complaint is flash videos which were laggy and I am told there is some sort of fix, but it would have required more than an hour of reading and messing with it.

My windows 7 experience is 11/10 best OS I have ever used. I am using the RTM version through my employer's msdn subscription and I plan on buying a copy for my desktop as soon as I have the time.

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