I have the EEEPC 900. I really like it. The reason it is so fast (IMO) is that it has a lightweight desktop (I think it's icewm). Other than that, it's pretty normal. A console can be brought up with ctrl-alt-t and from there, you can add extra repositories and apt-get other stuff you need. I have left mine mostly stock except for adding xscreensaver (it does not lock otherwise when you close the cover. Not good), a command-line bittorrent client and a couple of other bits and pieces.
My only real complaint is that the webcam isn't very well supported. So far, I've only got it to work with the somewhat useless hardware-specific application. I understand it is supposed to work with the latest version of Skype (which I don't use). Douglass Clem wrote: > I'm considering buying an eeePC 900 > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220367>, > which is the model with an 8.9" screen, 1.6gz cpu, 16gb SSD drive and > 1gb of ram. I've heard that the default Xandros distro on it makes it > blazing fast, with excellent battery life. However, I would much > rather run Ubuntu on it, particulary this version > <http://ubuntu-eee.com>. Why exactly is it that Xandros on this > machine is so much faster? I figured that part of it might be the > kernel, so I figured I could install the Xandros kernel to help speed > things up. Would this work, and is there any other ways to make Ubuntu > run close to the same speed on the 900? > > Douglass Clem > crashsystems.net <http://crashsystems.net> > Public Key: http://crashsystems.net/pubkey.asc > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
