Comments on: Continued Impressions of Ubuntu 7.10 on the EeePC http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Embedded http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3488 Embedded Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:19:55 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3488 My wife's 1999 Compaq Deskpro SFF PIII 600 with 256MB, 15GB drive, A Motorola 802.11G PCI card and ATI Rage chip does a fine job with openSuSE 10.3 running full KDE 3.5.X. Anything with a PIII over 400 Mhz and 256MB has sufficient speed to run faster with openSuSE, Kubuntu than XP Pro SP2 on a 2.4 Ghz P4 and 1G Ram with virus, spyware scanners, firewall and Microsoft services including "Genuine Advantage"(which pulls cpu cycles too "phoning home"). My wife’s 1999 Compaq Deskpro SFF PIII 600 with 256MB, 15GB drive, A Motorola 802.11G PCI card and ATI Rage chip does a fine job with openSuSE 10.3 running full KDE 3.5.X. Anything with a PIII over 400 Mhz and 256MB has sufficient speed to run faster with openSuSE, Kubuntu than XP Pro SP2 on a 2.4 Ghz P4 and 1G Ram with virus, spyware scanners, firewall and Microsoft services including “Genuine Advantage”(which pulls cpu cycles too “phoning home”).

]]> By: Bane http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3468 Bane Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:18:31 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3468 @marc&nathan Dbb Why not? But curves/levels are more important than blur. I scan my films @3000x2000 and would need to adjust those and resize them (imagemagick) + a bit of clone stamp before or after. Do you think this machine is capable of doing such work? What ubuntu version do you suggest, xubuntu, fluxbuntu? @marc&nathan Dbb
Why not? But curves/levels are more important than blur. I scan my films @3000×2000 and would need to adjust those and resize them (imagemagick) + a bit of clone stamp before or after. Do you think this machine is capable of doing such work? What ubuntu version do you suggest, xubuntu, fluxbuntu?

]]> By: Charles http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3467 Charles Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:58:46 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3467 http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:moveshiftkey http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:fixpipeandcapslock The above links are useful solutions to the caps lcok and right shift problems as well as the bar=Fn+Shift+Z, which is horrbly nasty on a UK keyboard. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:moveshiftkey
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:fixpipeandcapslock

The above links are useful solutions to the caps lcok and right shift problems as well as the bar=Fn+Shift+Z, which is horrbly nasty on a UK keyboard.

]]> By: Nathan Dbb http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3465 Nathan Dbb Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:45:24 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3465 I think that we are going to see dozens of sub-$500 computers this year. The Eee and OLPC XO are just the tip of the iceberg. The Noahpad is a slow VIA system, but it is smaller then the Eee with a real hard drive. Also, it comes with Ubuntu 7.10 as the default system. http://www.pocketables.net/2007/12/e-lead-electron.html In 6 months, I expect that the 7" Eee (or similar) will cost $250 and there will be a bunch of 9" screen'ed (1024x600) computers with touch screens in the $400 space. Unless the USD tanks... @Marc 2. I doubt that your wife would like the super-small Eee screen. 3. Why would you want to do this kind of work on a 800x480 screen? A 1920x1200 image is 21 MB in a single layer uncompressed. Even a 650 MHz Celeron will do this if you give it a few seconds. I think that we are going to see dozens of sub-$500 computers this year. The Eee and OLPC XO are just the tip of the iceberg.

The Noahpad is a slow VIA system, but it is smaller then the Eee with a real hard drive. Also, it comes with Ubuntu 7.10 as the default system.
http://www.pocketables.net/2007/12/e-lead-electron.html

In 6 months, I expect that the 7″ Eee (or similar) will cost $250 and there will be a bunch of 9″ screen’ed (1024×600) computers with touch screens in the $400 space.

Unless the USD tanks…

@Marc
2. I doubt that your wife would like the super-small Eee screen.

3. Why would you want to do this kind of work on a 800×480 screen? A 1920×1200 image is 21 MB in a single layer uncompressed. Even a 650 MHz Celeron will do this if you give it a few seconds.

]]> By: Marc http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3462 Marc Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:54:26 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3462 THANK you for that post. Some questions for you: 1. Could you state which Eee model you have? I was wondering if it's worth the cost to upgrade to an Eee with more bells. 2. My wife is farsighted and I'm wondering if she could use it without frustration. Do you think it'd work OK with slightly-enlarged fonts, or is the Ubuntu default big enough? 3. Startup time with Ubuntu? Does it suspend? 4. How well does GIMP edit, say, a 1920x1200px image? Like if you were to perform a Gaussian Blur. (Graphics guy here) THANK you for that post. Some questions for you:

1. Could you state which Eee model you have? I was wondering if it’s worth the cost to upgrade to an Eee with more bells.

2. My wife is farsighted and I’m wondering if she could use it without frustration. Do you think it’d work OK with slightly-enlarged fonts, or is the Ubuntu default big enough?

3. Startup time with Ubuntu? Does it suspend?

4. How well does GIMP edit, say, a 1920x1200px image? Like if you were to perform a Gaussian Blur. (Graphics guy here)

]]> By: Jonas http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3461 Jonas Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:32:52 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/18/continued-impressions-of-ubuntu-710-on-the-eeepc/#comment-3461 Just curious...I've never used Xandros at all, never mind on the EeePc, so I am a bit curious as to why you think it's junk? Just curious…I’ve never used Xandros at all, never mind on the EeePc, so I am a bit curious as to why you think it’s junk?

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