Comments on: Finding the ideal OS for (my) EEE PC

By: ray

ray — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:32:27 +0000

Peppermint linux is the best distro to use for the eepc 2g surf.

By: leogaggl

leogaggl — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:03:26 +0000

UPDATE: Seems I have finally found my best match (using a ‘vanilla’ distro):

Ubuntu Netbook Remix (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR) seems to have the best mix of reasonable performance (much better than previous Ubuntu releases on the same Asus EEE 900 hardware)

By: Andre Koonings

Andre Koonings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:24:34 +0000

Hi,
currently I am trying out the eeepc 900. The initial Xandros seemed ok. This was until I tried a network command (nslookup). This command was unknown to the (default). (This is just an example of basic items that should work).

At the moment I am trying out ubuntu netbook remix 9.04 and so far I am not displeased. Performance is somewhat slower that the initial xandros install..

I didn’t try out all options (webcam mic etc) yet. will do so asap.

By: leogaggl

leogaggl — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:48:08 +0000

Thanks to Dmitri Popov from LinuxMagazine here is some config changes (including disabling Compiz Fusion).

http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/blogs/productivity_sauce_dmitri_s_open_source_blend_of_productive_computing/knoppix_6_0_on_netbooks_redux

By: leogaggl

leogaggl — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:31:57 +0000

Hi Chris,

I have just tested the latest version of Koppix (v6.01) and it seems to work quite well. It’s based on LXDE which is quite fast. Just need to see that I can disable some of the useless window effects in the default (using compiz).

Worth a try: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix60-en.html

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:37:11 +0000

I’m also waiting for a release of Puppy Linux that works well on a EEE904