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[o2smartphone]

Have Fun :)

Edited by o2smartphone, 31 October 2007 - 05:42 AM.

[timbobsteve]

Wow... that actually displays better than I thought it would. Cool. :D

[silurius]

Which Ubuntu version or variant (I assume Ubuntu 7.x)? Any drawbacks so far? What are your plans with it from here?

[TheBronze]

Nice. I plan on ditching the provided linux and using Ubuntu, so its nice to see a working install!

Unfortunately, I have to wait to get paid before I can order mine. But the 5th isn't too far away. hopefully they don't sell out before then!

Any driver issues to be aware of before hand?

[o2smartphone]

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Which Ubuntu version or variant (I assume Ubuntu 7.x)? Any drawbacks so far? What are your plans with it from here?

It is just a LiveCD, I have no intention to replace the original OS.

[tulcod]

ubuntu is reported by some people to be more power-consuming (up to 10%, so it's not critical) than other distros, assumably because of composite stuff and such

[silurius]

Thanks again for sharing. Looking forward to seeing detailed benchmark reports for the various options.

On the other hand, I'm thinking I might be able to stick with the default OS for a long while, thanks to the icewm information o2smartphone's revealed in this thread.

[vision-b]

Do all the devices work when you use the LiveCD e.g sound, wifi, etc ?

[o2smartphone]

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Do all the devices work when you use the LiveCD e.g sound, wifi, etc ?

I even cannot turn on the wifi by the hot key. I am only an occasional linux user :(

[bfbf]

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ubuntu is reported by some people to be more power-consuming (up to 10%, so it's not critical) than other distros, assumably because of composite stuff and such

Maybe this is true if it was compared to the base distro which is quite lightweight. Although if it was compared to windows it would be a lot worse? I think Ubuntu are now really concentrating on power management for the latest and the next distro. I also think it is something which has been improved in the Kernal up until now and I am sure into the future.

[ant]

I'm installing it right now (live updating a guide on the wiki) and let me just say- the Ubuntu brown really compliments the white Eee PC.

[bfbf]

do tell us what you find ant, this is somthing I am really interested in. Well it is what I am going to do to my eee PC. You may also want to google guides for speed tweaks to Ubuntu as you can cut down the bits you don't want.

But it is the WiFi driver that is worring ever so slightly at the moment :( So let us know how you get on.

Are you using the latest 7.10?

edit - There is a slight error it saids 7.11, oo it is a wiki I can correct it lol :)

Edited by bfbf, 31 October 2007 - 06:23 PM.

[DonkeyBeliever]

I still don't have my EeePC yet, but I'm running the installer in a virutal right now to see if I'll hit any snags (well I don't have the right device drivers, etc, but I wanted a dry run on another system)

[CTHsieh]

Read this first....
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu

I had install Ubuntu 7.10 on SD Card for eee PC.

And several suggestions are as followed:

1. There is little problem to install it due to screen dpi.
I suggest that you can use another PC to browser the web about install guide (or print it in advance).
(For example: http://www.howtoforg...u_gutsy_gibbon)

2. If you want to install it on SD Card, please note that you must config the boot section.
But due to the previous problem, you can't see the button "advanced".
(http://images.howtof...p/big/pic10.jpg)
So we must be very careful.

3. If you install it on SD Card, you will find that it will be ERROR when first boot on SD Card.
That's because when we install it, it will take SSD as /dev/sda and SD Card as /dev/sdb.
But if we boot from SD Card, it will be recognized as /dev/sda.
So we can press "e" to edit the setting and then boot it from correct configuration.
And please don't forget to modified the boot menu.
("sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst")

4. The wireless card is not detected by ubuntu 7.10 but we can use "Ndiswrapper+XP driver" to solve it.
Please attach the wired network and use Synaptic to install Ndiswrapper.
And then setting the XP driver.
We can also reference the steps after step 5 in the following web.
https://help.ubuntu....ocs%2FDevice%29

And then....enjoy it~~~

PS: I also try to install Windows XP on SD Card for eee PC but it's really complicated (still failed ~_~: ).
So I suggest Ubuntu 7.10 rather than Win XP for the second OS of eee PC.

Edited by CTHsieh, 01 November 2007 - 09:23 AM.

[timbobsteve]

CTHseih: Again... you can view all the "missing buttons" that do not show up on the screen by holding the Alt key and click+dragging the window up.... Alt+Click = Move Window.... this is the easiest way to use programs/dialogs that are larger than the 480 pixel height of the Eee.

[CTHsieh]

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CTHseih: Again... you can view all the "missing buttons" that do not show up on the screen by holding the Alt key and click+dragging the window up.... Alt+Click = Move Window.... this is the easiest way to use programs/dialogs that are larger than the 480 pixel height of the Eee.

Thanks~~

I don't know this tips before~~
It will be easier to install Ubuntu using this tip.

The original OS on eee PC is faster than other OSs and afford most works.
So I prefer to keep it and install other OSs on SD Card.

Edited by CTHsieh, 01 November 2007 - 04:55 AM.

[silurius]

Thanks for sharing, CTHsieh. If anyone wants to expand the preparation and installation steps above, I would be willing to document the process and wikifiy it some time over the next week or so (possibly sooner if I luck out and find the time).

[Feanor]

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I had install Ubuntu 7.10 on SD Card for eee PC.

And several suggestions are as followed:

1. There is little problem to install it due to screen dpi.
I suggest that you can use another PC to browser the web about install guide (or print it in advance).
(For example: http://www.howtoforg...u_gutsy_gibbon)

Nice tips CTHsieh, but i just have to review that howtoforge install guide, since I didn't like his server install guide.

1. When formatting the drive, I'm not sure if it'll try to give you a swap partition. (anyone know for sure?) You should probably select manual partition, delete the single partition that should be there, create a new EXT*2* partition, and mount it as root (/). You can probably also mount an SD card here as /usr if you want. I say ext2 because it will wear the hard drive down less quickly than ext3 and reiserfs (see hardware and linux forums).

2. The rest of the instructions seem good, until 5.2. I suggest you don't install any of the recommended or optional programs now, but instead wait until you want to use them. This will save space, and you might be surprised how long it is until you actually use that program you thought you'd use all the time. This is especially applicable if you are planning on always being connected to the internet.

[silurius]

I'm going to stand by until I see a series of steps that sound sound.

[CTHsieh]

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I had install Ubuntu 7.10 on SD Card for eee PC.

And several suggestions are as followed:

1. There is little problem to install it due to screen dpi.
I suggest that you can use another PC to browser the web about install guide (or print it in advance).
(For example: http://www.howtoforg...u_gutsy_gibbon)

Nice tips CTHsieh, but i just have to review that howtoforge install guide, since I didn't like his server install guide.

1. When formatting the drive, I'm not sure if it'll try to give you a swap partition. (anyone know for sure?) You should probably select manual partition, delete the single partition that should be there, create a new EXT*2* partition, and mount it as root (/). You can probably also mount an SD card here as /usr if you want. I say ext2 because it will wear the hard drive down less quickly than ext3 and reiserfs (see hardware and linux forums).

2. The rest of the instructions seem good, until 5.2. I suggest you don't install any of the recommended or optional programs now, but instead wait until you want to use them. This will save space, and you might be surprised how long it is until you actually use that program you thought you'd use all the time. This is especially applicable if you are planning on always being connected to the internet.

Yeah, It's only a reference and if we want to install it on SD card, it should be modified.
For example the boot loader must be changed from (hd0,0) to (hd1,0) or from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb. And ETC...

I think the most important problem is the configuration of wireless card.
Though it is work on my eee PC but I still try to find a better way to install it.
It's still complicated using the tip #4.

Edited by CTHsieh, 01 November 2007 - 08:40 AM.