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eeeXubuntu: Ubuntu for the Asus EeePC

eeepc.tumblr.com — Finally! In what seems like an eternity an enterprising soul has taken on the task of customizing Ubuntu (or more specifically Xubuntu) for use on the EeePC.

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  • z0mbie2099, on 12/13/2007, -2/+37This a perfect distro for the Asus Eee.
  • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -66/+2Asus eeePC already runs Linux
    If I get one, off goes Linux and on goes XP
    cause its like a million billion times better than all Linux Distros Combined
    I'd put Mac OSX on it too if i could get it for PC...
    • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -9/+14oh yeah
      Anti-Linux Party rules!!!
      • daftman, on 12/13/2007, -3/+5wow, a party dedicate just to hate linux. How ***** pathetic.
    • sparrowkc, on 12/13/2007, -5/+15WELL I SAY LINUX IS INFINITY TO THE INFINANTH POWER BETTER THAN MAC AND INFINITY TO THE INFINANTH POWER PLUS ONE BETTER THAN XP.
      • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -10/+3XP is a million billion times better than linux and linux is an infinite times better than XP so XP is a million billion*infinite times better than Linux
    • JudgeMonkey, on 12/13/2007, -21/+1People already HAVE installed osx on an eee pc.
      Still, I gotta go with ditching the linux and installing XP.
      That's just what I am going to do. It's not right, it's not wrong, it's fact.
      • Fragmatic, on 12/13/2007, -1/+13OSX runs pretty slow on the eee and there's no wifi, so there's not a lot you can do with it. :(
      • JudgeMonkey, on 12/13/2007, -14/+2Ok, perhaps not, but chingy1788 just made it sound like it was impossible to install.

        Also, so I can get dugg down again, i am going to restate how I am going to remove the crap out of linux and install XP. it's gonna be awesome. I'll even back up an image of the drive with linux on it and then pee on the flash drive.
        • Ademan, on 12/13/2007, -2/+10obvious troll is obvious.
          *block*
          • JudgeMonkey, on 12/13/2007, -5/+2Ok, not that you'll see this comment. Obviously yes, the pee comment was a little trolly in nature. I just figured, what the heck, since I got dugg down for expressing an opinion, I might as well go all out.
            Of course, it's kind of silly for me to post this at all, even if you didn't really block me, I blocked you.
            Oh, how I will miss the discussions we used to have, person-who-I-have-never-seen-before.
        • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -7/+1impossible to installed, at least i think legally impossible
    • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -9/+1yeah -32 diggs
      more more i say
      hahaha
      show your hate for linux haters

      -ALP
    • Dohko_Xar, on 12/13/2007, -2/+1This could be the most burried comment in digg's history...
      • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1diggers don't hate anti-linux people enough for that comment to be the most buried comment in history
      • ukblacknight, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1No, something like "BUSH RULEZ" or "ron paul ftw" would get the most buried comment award.
    • bzaks, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Balmer.... is that you?
      Maybe Windows wouldn't be such a pain in the arse if you weren't such a jerk to your "developers developers developers!!!"
      Although, for getting a rouse out of the digg community, I digg you back up :)
  • Dalatejc, on 12/13/2007, -1/+6Is there a web page with all the different Distro's listed? I hear about a new one with every linux article..
    • Sparkster185, on 12/13/2007, -1/+12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distrib ...

      Isn't Google awesome?
    • halobender, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3www.distrowatch.com
      I think your question was more rhetorical but...
      • sx66gns, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2yea , I'm not sure if you were being rhetorical but this man has spoken truth , there's also http://www.cafelinux.org/distropedia/ a buddy of mine runs but not as professional as distrowatch which has rss , those two are the authority on up to date distro listings.
    • chingy1788, on 12/13/2007, -11/+2with so many linux versions
      its a wonder how people hate vista having just 5 versions
      • rootneg2, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6not a fair comparison.

        Windows versions are linear upgrades, Linux "versions" are parallel forks (with linear upgrades within each branch). Generally each distro will only have 1 or 2 supported versions. Debian, for example, offers 'stable/etch' 'testing/lenny' and 'unstable/sid' for various levels of cutting-edge and stability. Also, much of the major complaint about the many versions has to do with the price discrepancies; this is a non-issue with linux.
    • rootneg2, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3http://futurist.se/gldt/gldt76.png

      shows a nice timeline/family-tree of all the distros.
  • internetworld7, on 12/13/2007, -54/+1LOL! what a piece of junk. I have a better idea, switch to a Mac.
    • Fragmatic, on 12/13/2007, -0/+29Care to state WHY it's junk, or is this just mindless "hurr macs r bettar" trolling?
    • aaronm67, on 12/13/2007, -0/+9The eeePC is $400 and very, very portable. There isn't a Mac that compares.
    • CATSCEO, on 12/13/2007, -0/+8Dude, its not meant to be a full-fledged computer, just a small, portable one. A Mac isn't that portable, or cheap.

      /A Mac owner myself
    • pakkman781, on 12/13/2007, -0/+7Please, good people of the internets, remember that this douchebag does not represent the Mac community as a whole. Not all of us are such asshats.

      I'm a long time Mac user, and I got an Eee PC when they first became available here in the US. It's a fantastic machine, and eeeXubuntu will make it even better (wish they'd called it Eeebuntu instead, but whatever). It's a tiny, fully capable laptop for $400, and that simply kicks ass.
      • penno, on 12/13/2007, -2/+2Mac user = asshat

        hehe just kidding. (c: My next "full featured" notebook will be a mac.
  • Fragmatic, on 12/13/2007, -0/+10Awesome, I was wondering when there'd be an Eee-specific distro.
    Gonna give this a shot as I seem to have destroyed my xubuntu install on it.
  • chugger1992, on 12/13/2007, -2/+7if that name isn't an eyesore, I don't know what is.
    But congratulations on getting it to run.
  • databoy, on 12/13/2007, -15/+1Now that you have Ubuntu running on the Eee how about some decent applications for a slow laptop.
  • Mohdoo, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5Any word on power usage? I know that Ubuntu was using more power than the Xandros OS...How about this xubuntu?
  • duggfunny, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1i was just about to get one of these things(eeepc), then news about the cloudbook comes out the other day. and I said "well *****." I'm thinkin' I'll wait till mid Jan when the Cloudbook/Nanobook is supposed to be out and see if it stays at 400, then decide. anyone else in the same boat?
  • motang, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Oh sweet, I was looking for something like this.
  • ninjasenses, on 12/13/2007, -16/+1eee is the biggest waste of money i've ever seen. The flash cart for my nintendo DS is capable everything this machine is capable of for half the price.
    • glitch47, on 12/13/2007, -2/+6your DS flash cart can windows XP?
    • pikelet, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Last time I checked the DS was useless for doing any actual work. Y'know, not having a QWERTY keyboard and all (touchscreen ones don't count, impossible to use!), plus not being able to multitask. DS flash carts are for games and music - it's not comparable to the EeePC.
      • Mtown, on 12/13/2007, -7/+1Your right, the DS is useless for doing any actual work. Just like Linux!
        • lonnieh, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3hmm, linux+apache seems to be doing a good job at serving you web pages. digg comes to mind.
    • Dohko_Xar, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1come on, you are not even trying!
  • Myztry, on 12/13/2007, -0/+17Microsoft has barely finished giving lip service about a custom version of XP and already the Ubuntu version is done.
    Open Source. Linux's Genuine Advantage.
    • KataLieb, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Hehe :) Exactly...I bet MS lowers the price of XP to 5 euros per license soon to be able to compete with Linux on low-end laptops and such :p
      • mrguitarmann, on 04/24/2008, -0/+0Finally, a price worth paying for XP...
  • penno, on 12/13/2007, -0/+10yeck blogspam
    http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home
  • foomandoonian, on 12/13/2007, -1/+4Wouldn't Eeebuntu be a better name?
    • Vinvin, on 12/13/2007, -1/+3No, it's based on Xubuntu. Perhaps Xeeebuntu...
  • seanpercival, on 12/13/2007, -11/+1how about windows xp on your asus like i did :)

    http://www.seanpercival.com/blog/index.php/2007/12 ...
    • KataLieb, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5A powerhungry monster of a windows on my beautiful made-for-linux lappy? Sacrilege!
    • mrguitarmann, on 04/24/2008, -0/+0Whatever rocks his boat, nice to have an option whether you want it or not :)
  • paulsmith288, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2I have read that the eee pc with its default OS boots in ten seconds. If this is true, can anyone tell me how long this ubuntu derivative takes to boot?

    Also, whats the power management support like?
    • KataLieb, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2The Ubuntu versions boot in 40-60 seconds afaik. The custom OS has several optimizations for boot-time, and if im correct its also a somewhat stripped-down distro to keep it slim and fast booting...So to get the same boot time with Ubuntu youd have to do some more optimization..
  • Vinvin, on 12/13/2007, -2/+1So what's with the "Ubuntu (or more specifically Xubuntu)"? Why not just "Xubuntu"? Oh wait, Ubuntu grabs headlines... (Yeah I'm guilty of that too)
  • Domstersch, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Looks like (from the list of changes) he hasn't disabled logging. I'm running Xubuntu on my eeepc with /var/log set to a ramdisk - works well, and results in less disk writes.
  • jull1234, on 12/13/2007, -0/+13eee X ubuntu... yeilds a vector in the direction of awesome?
    • ashytaka, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4I wish I could digg this more than once...
  • MattBD, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Xubuntu is an ideal distro for the EeePC. I appreciate why they preinstall it with Xandros - after all, it apes Windows in appearance, and it's aimed at people who are used to a Windows PC, but KDE is probably the most heavyweight of the Linux desktops (and I'm a Kubuntu user). Xfce is lighter so it'd probably be better suited to it.
    I'd quite like to see gOS installed on it, after all Enlightenment would probably be faster and gOS is a great distro for non-technical users.
  • kappacelu, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Now i am really thinking about buying an Eee, because i think Ubuntu is the best distro for home-use (it has some pluses about the laptop compatibility too)
  • amirman, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1"SD Cards wont mount, can't toggle wireless on/off (it will after some updates and reboots) there is no audio and the camera may not be available." from the main eeexubuntu site. hope they fix all that.
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