Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
Manolis Kiagias wrote: Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Tuesday, May 27, 2008 a las 04:16:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: El día Friday, May 23, 2008 a las 01:18:06PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: Yes, I am already planning to upgrade :) At this time, it is not available in Greece (though I have spotted a few on ebay). Even more important than the 20Gb SSD is the 9 inch display with a resolution of 1024x600. 800x480 is really small for anything more other than taking notes. Maybe you know this page, Manolis: http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/05/04/eeeusercom-eeepc-900-in-depth-review/ it has a detailed technical report about all items of which the 900 20GB model is made of; Ah, nice! Thanks for the link. It will be a good read. a dealer in CH will get next week the original US version: http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.asp?prodid=asu-e900-w There are a few sold on ebay. I believe this model will also appear in Greek eshops soon. take care, there is an issue about the battery having only 4400 mAh (because of some fire in an ASUS supplier) while the original model have had a 5800 mAh battery; matthias I will wait then. I prefer to get a model with a larger battery. The one I have now, lasts more or less 2 - 2.30 hours and I believe it has the same 4400mAh battery. The larger screen and SSD will probably make this even less on the 900. Unlike larger laptops, I really like to work the eee on battery only. In fact having to carry only this small laptop instead of all the usual accessories is a big plus to me. On a side note, I am thinking of writing a complete article about installing FreeBSD 7.0 on the eeepc, including customizations and optimizations, different installations methods, with links to download ready-built customized kernels etc. Don't know whether it will have any real audience though ;) Most people run some Linux distro on it or even (gasp) Windows... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aloha, I would be interested in a how to for FreeBSD on the Asus eee -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
Al Plant wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Tuesday, May 27, 2008 a las 04:16:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: El día Friday, May 23, 2008 a las 01:18:06PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: Yes, I am already planning to upgrade :) At this time, it is not available in Greece (though I have spotted a few on ebay). Even more important than the 20Gb SSD is the 9 inch display with a resolution of 1024x600. 800x480 is really small for anything more other than taking notes. Maybe you know this page, Manolis: http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/05/04/eeeusercom-eeepc-900-in-depth-review/ it has a detailed technical report about all items of which the 900 20GB model is made of; Ah, nice! Thanks for the link. It will be a good read. a dealer in CH will get next week the original US version: http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.asp?prodid=asu-e900-w There are a few sold on ebay. I believe this model will also appear in Greek eshops soon. take care, there is an issue about the battery having only 4400 mAh (because of some fire in an ASUS supplier) while the original model have had a 5800 mAh battery; matthias I will wait then. I prefer to get a model with a larger battery. The one I have now, lasts more or less 2 - 2.30 hours and I believe it has the same 4400mAh battery. The larger screen and SSD will probably make this even less on the 900. Unlike larger laptops, I really like to work the eee on battery only. In fact having to carry only this small laptop instead of all the usual accessories is a big plus to me. On a side note, I am thinking of writing a complete article about installing FreeBSD 7.0 on the eeepc, including customizations and optimizations, different installations methods, with links to download ready-built customized kernels etc. Don't know whether it will have any real audience though ;) Most people run some Linux distro on it or even (gasp) Windows... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aloha, I would be interested in a how to for FreeBSD on the Asus eee OK, I am already set to write this. My time is kind of limited until the end of June, but I'll try to start on this ASAP. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
El día Tuesday, May 27, 2008 a las 04:16:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: El día Friday, May 23, 2008 a las 01:18:06PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: Yes, I am already planning to upgrade :) At this time, it is not available in Greece (though I have spotted a few on ebay). Even more important than the 20Gb SSD is the 9 inch display with a resolution of 1024x600. 800x480 is really small for anything more other than taking notes. Maybe you know this page, Manolis: http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/05/04/eeeusercom-eeepc-900-in-depth-review/ it has a detailed technical report about all items of which the 900 20GB model is made of; a dealer in CH will get next week the original US version: http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.asp?prodid=asu-e900-w take care, there is an issue about the battery having only 4400 mAh (because of some fire in an ASUS supplier) while the original model have had a 5800 mAh battery; matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ «...una sola vez, que es cuanto basta si se trata de verdades definitivas.» «...only once, which is enough if it has todo with definite truth.» José Saramago, Historia del Cerca de Lisboa ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Tuesday, May 27, 2008 a las 04:16:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: El día Friday, May 23, 2008 a las 01:18:06PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: Yes, I am already planning to upgrade :) At this time, it is not available in Greece (though I have spotted a few on ebay). Even more important than the 20Gb SSD is the 9 inch display with a resolution of 1024x600. 800x480 is really small for anything more other than taking notes. Maybe you know this page, Manolis: http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/05/04/eeeusercom-eeepc-900-in-depth-review/ it has a detailed technical report about all items of which the 900 20GB model is made of; Ah, nice! Thanks for the link. It will be a good read. a dealer in CH will get next week the original US version: http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.asp?prodid=asu-e900-w There are a few sold on ebay. I believe this model will also appear in Greek eshops soon. take care, there is an issue about the battery having only 4400 mAh (because of some fire in an ASUS supplier) while the original model have had a 5800 mAh battery; matthias I will wait then. I prefer to get a model with a larger battery. The one I have now, lasts more or less 2 - 2.30 hours and I believe it has the same 4400mAh battery. The larger screen and SSD will probably make this even less on the 900. Unlike larger laptops, I really like to work the eee on battery only. In fact having to carry only this small laptop instead of all the usual accessories is a big plus to me. On a side note, I am thinking of writing a complete article about installing FreeBSD 7.0 on the eeepc, including customizations and optimizations, different installations methods, with links to download ready-built customized kernels etc. Don't know whether it will have any real audience though ;) Most people run some Linux distro on it or even (gasp) Windows... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
El día Wednesday, May 21, 2008 a las 07:44:31PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: ... - Note you can install either to SSD or an external SDHC. The SSD is somewhat faster though. (But you can get larger SDHCs). I am dual booting Linux and FreeBSD on mine right now. Linux is on the SSD and FreeBSD on an 8GB SDHC. In this Wiki page they show already a model 900 with up to 20 GByte SSD; maybe it's a good idea to go for this model, even if it is a bit more expensive (~400 euros): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeepc matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ «...una sola vez, que es cuanto basta si se trata de verdades definitivas.» «...only once, which is enough if it has todo with definite truth.» José Saramago, Historia del Cerca de Lisboa ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Wednesday, May 21, 2008 a las 07:44:31PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: ... - Note you can install either to SSD or an external SDHC. The SSD is somewhat faster though. (But you can get larger SDHCs). I am dual booting Linux and FreeBSD on mine right now. Linux is on the SSD and FreeBSD on an 8GB SDHC. In this Wiki page they show already a model 900 with up to 20 GByte SSD; maybe it's a good idea to go for this model, even if it is a bit more expensive (~400 euros): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeepc matthias Yes, I am already planning to upgrade :) At this time, it is not available in Greece (though I have spotted a few on ebay). Even more important than the 20Gb SSD is the 9 inch display with a resolution of 1024x600. 800x480 is really small for anything more other than taking notes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
El día Friday, January 18, 2008 a las 10:41:28PM -0500, Garance A Drosehn escribió: At 9:14 AM -0500 1/2/08, Ed Maste wrote: On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:20:22PM +, James Jeffery wrote: Before i end the toipic, anyone got any feeback on the Asus Eee (mini laptops) with FreeBSD? It works, but no drivers exist for the wireless or wired Ethernet ports. The wireless is a newer Atheros part and ath(4) should gain support for it, but I have no idea what the timeline will be. The wired Ethernet is an Atheros (formerly Attansic) L2 10/100, and I'm not aware of any concrete plans for a driver for it. I've used a Linksys USB200M USB ethernet (axe(4) driver) with mine and that works well. One of the guys I know is running FreeBSD on the Eee, and has written up the following information for anyone who is interested in doing what he did: http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD This includes tips on how to get the wireless working, and sound, and some oddities with how X11 works. Thanks for that hint. I'm thinking in buying such a device to have it with me as a typewriter, mostly; normally I use FreeBSD 7.0-REL on my laptop with around 200 compiled ports: KDE, OpenOffice, Lyx, StarDict, ... the compilation normally takes 2-3 days to have it all ready; of course, on that limited device with 4 or 8 GByte SSD it is not an option to compile the stuff up from /usr/ports on the system itself, not only from the point of view of disk space, but also because of the limited lifetime write cycles of the SSD; in short: what would be the easiest way to move the installed ports from my laptop to such an Eee PC? can I make, for example, packages from my ports and install them? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ «...una sola vez, que es cuanto basta si se trata de verdades definitivas.» «...only once, which is enough if it has todo with definite truth.» José Saramago, Historia del Cerca de Lisboa ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Friday, January 18, 2008 a las 10:41:28PM -0500, Garance A Drosehn escribió: At 9:14 AM -0500 1/2/08, Ed Maste wrote: On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:20:22PM +, James Jeffery wrote: Before i end the toipic, anyone got any feeback on the Asus Eee (mini laptops) with FreeBSD? It works, but no drivers exist for the wireless or wired Ethernet ports. The wireless is a newer Atheros part and ath(4) should gain support for it, but I have no idea what the timeline will be. The wired Ethernet is an Atheros (formerly Attansic) L2 10/100, and I'm not aware of any concrete plans for a driver for it. I've used a Linksys USB200M USB ethernet (axe(4) driver) with mine and that works well. One of the guys I know is running FreeBSD on the Eee, and has written up the following information for anyone who is interested in doing what he did: http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD This includes tips on how to get the wireless working, and sound, and some oddities with how X11 works. Thanks for that hint. I'm thinking in buying such a device to have it with me as a typewriter, mostly; normally I use FreeBSD 7.0-REL on my laptop with around 200 compiled ports: KDE, OpenOffice, Lyx, StarDict, ... the compilation normally takes 2-3 days to have it all ready; of course, on that limited device with 4 or 8 GByte SSD it is not an option to compile the stuff up from /usr/ports on the system itself, not only from the point of view of disk space, but also because of the limited lifetime write cycles of the SSD; in short: what would be the easiest way to move the installed ports from my laptop to such an Eee PC? can I make, for example, packages from my ports and install them? Thx matthias [Sending this a second time to the list only, since it had too many recipients the first time and was probably rejected] I happen to have an eeePC and have successfully installed FreeBSD on it. It can be done in various ways (even without a CDROM, if you have an external USB disk). I can attest the instructions in nighthack.org work: Sound and wireless work fine. There are a few things you can do it to speed it up: - The SSD is too small for the classic partitioning scheme of FreeBSD. Probably a large '/' partition or a '/' and '/home' will do. Do not use swap. - Turn of logging (syslogd_enable=NO in /etc/rc.conf) - Edit /etc/ttys and reduce the number of virtual terminals. You probably don't need them. - Do not compile anything on the eee. It wil be a test of its abilities and your patience. Compile the kernel on another a PC and copy it via a USB key. Either use ready made packages (possibly after setting PACKAGESITE to packages-7-stable) or use 'make package' on your main pc to create packages and transfer them. - The eee will happily run X and any environment you choose. I have tried XFCE and GNOME with no problem. More memory will be better, but not absolutely necessary. - As others have said, the wired LAN does not currently work. - Note you can install either to SSD or an external SDHC. The SSD is somewhat faster though. (But you can get larger SDHCs). I am dual booting Linux and FreeBSD on mine right now. Linux is on the SSD and FreeBSD on an 8GB SDHC. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
At 9:14 AM -0500 1/2/08, Ed Maste wrote: On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:20:22PM +, James Jeffery wrote: Before i end the toipic, anyone got any feeback on the Asus Eee (mini laptops) with FreeBSD? It works, but no drivers exist for the wireless or wired Ethernet ports. The wireless is a newer Atheros part and ath(4) should gain support for it, but I have no idea what the timeline will be. The wired Ethernet is an Atheros (formerly Attansic) L2 10/100, and I'm not aware of any concrete plans for a driver for it. I've used a Linksys USB200M USB ethernet (axe(4) driver) with mine and that works well. One of the guys I know is running FreeBSD on the Eee, and has written up the following information for anyone who is interested in doing what he did: http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD This includes tips on how to get the wireless working, and sound, and some oddities with how X11 works. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Programmer or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:14:19AM -0500, Ed Maste wrote: On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:20:22PM +, James Jeffery wrote: Before i end the toipic, anyone got any feeback on the Asus Eee (mini laptops) with FreeBSD? It works, but no drivers exist for the wireless or wired Ethernet ports. The wireless is a newer Atheros part and ath(4) should gain support for it, but I have no idea what the timeline will be. The wired Ethernet is an Atheros (formerly Attansic) L2 10/100, and I'm not aware of any concrete plans for a driver for it. I've used a Linksys USB200M USB ethernet (axe(4) driver) with mine and that works well. Do you happen to know how well it's supported with the other major BSD Unix systems (Open- and Net-)? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] John W. Russell: People point. Sometimes that's just easier. They also use words. Sometimes that's just easier. For the same reasons that pointing has not made words obsolete, there will always be command lines. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:20:22PM +, James Jeffery wrote: Before i end the toipic, anyone got any feeback on the Asus Eee (mini laptops) with FreeBSD? It works, but no drivers exist for the wireless or wired Ethernet ports. The wireless is a newer Atheros part and ath(4) should gain support for it, but I have no idea what the timeline will be. The wired Ethernet is an Atheros (formerly Attansic) L2 10/100, and I'm not aware of any concrete plans for a driver for it. I've used a Linksys USB200M USB ethernet (axe(4) driver) with mine and that works well. -Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
