Debian vs. the Eee PC
 

I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.


What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
relationship to Debian?


Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
come up? Is installing it easy, hard?


How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)


Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?

Any other issues, beside the obvious?

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On 04/07/2008 04:46 PM, Mark Allums wrote:


I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.


What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
relationship to Debian?




A modified Xandros is installed onto the EeePC, and Xandros is a (much
modified) Debian derivative.


Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
come up? Is installing it easy, hard?


How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)


Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?



What size? The 2GB SSD is almost certainly inadequate.


Any other issues, beside the obvious?



Read the customer reviews on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Celeron-Processor-Preloaded-Galaxy/dp/B000ZLSXJO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1207339577&sr =1-3

It looks like a great computer (that is, the 4GB version).




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On 04/07/08 16:46, Mark Allums wrote:
>
> I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
> experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.
>
> What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
> relationship to Debian?

This is going to sound snarky, but...

Google is a *wonderful* tool. And so it Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Software
the pre-installed Xandros operating system

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5557994061.html
Xandros-Linux powered laptop to be worth the price.

> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
> come up? Is installing it easy, hard?
>
> How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
> be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
> high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)
>
> Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?
>
> Any other issues, beside the obvious?
>


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Ron Johnson wrote:

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On 04/07/08 16:46, Mark Allums wrote:

I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.

What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
relationship to Debian?


This is going to sound snarky, but...

Google is a *wonderful* tool. And so it Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Software
the pre-installed Xandros operating system

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5557994061.html
Xandros-Linux powered laptop to be worth the price.




I try and avoid Wikipedia unless necessary. Perhaps that single
question could be answered with more diligence on my part, but I hoped
that I would get responses from people who have used the machine and had
something to add, more useful information than one usually gets from
news blurbs. Wikipedia might be useful for that, and might not; it's
awfully politicized. This list, though, is great for having people who
have opinions and aren't afraid to share them, and it has no editorial
board that would affect the content.





Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
come up? Is installing it easy, hard?

How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)

Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?

Any other issues, beside the obvious?



Again, looking for people who have actually used the machine, especially
with Debian itself, not Xandros or Ubuntu (Knoppix okay, though). XP is
Right Out.


What are your thoughts, now that you have had some time to think about it?



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Mumia W.. wrote:

On 04/07/2008 04:46 PM, Mark Allums wrote:



Any other issues, beside the obvious?



Read the customer reviews on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Celeron-Processor-Preloaded-Galaxy/dp/B000ZLSXJO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1207339577&sr =1-3



It looks like a great computer (that is, the 4GB version).



Thank you. Amazon. I hadn't thought of that.



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>> On 04/07/08 16:46, Mark Allums wrote:
>>> I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
>>> experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.
>>>
>>> What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
>>> relationship to Debian?
>>
>> This is going to sound snarky, but...
>>
>> Google is a *wonderful* tool. And so it Wikipedia.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Software
>> the pre-installed Xandros operating system
>>
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5557994061.html
>> Xandros-Linux powered laptop to be worth the price.
>
>
>
> I try and avoid Wikipedia unless necessary.

The 2nd or third entry was the desktoplinux.com page.

A better 1st question would have been: how near to Debian is the
highly-modified Xandros that the Eee PC uses?

> Perhaps that single
> question could be answered with more diligence on my part, but I hoped
> that I would get responses from people who have used the machine and had
> something to add, more useful information than one usually gets from
> news blurbs. Wikipedia might be useful for that, and might not; it's
> awfully politicized. This list, though, is great for having people who
> have opinions and aren't afraid to share them, and it has no editorial
> board that would affect the content.


For asking about Barak Obama, that's a justifiable opinion. But not
for non-controversial stuff.

>>> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
>>> come up? Is installing it easy, hard?
>>>
>>> How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
>>> be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
>>> high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)
>>>
>>> Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?
>>>
>>> Any other issues, beside the obvious?
>
>
> Again, looking for people who have actually used the machine, especially
> with Debian itself, not Xandros or Ubuntu (Knoppix okay, though). XP is
> Right Out.
>
> What are your thoughts, now that you have had some time to think about it?

Because I haven't use the EeePC, I didn't even venture an answer to
something I know nothing of.

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On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 16:46 -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
> I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
> experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.

I've been using one for about 3 months. Guess that makes me experienced.

> What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
> relationship to Debian?

The OS is Xandros. It is related to Debian. I didn't like it (personal
reasons) so I installed eeeXubuntu on it:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home#detailed_usb_installer_inst ructions

> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
> come up? Is installing it easy, hard?

Installation was easy. No issues.

> How is the experience?
The machine has replaced my Palm PDA and my desktop. The keyboard is
cramped and the LCD resolution is quite low. However, when on the go,
both are acceptable. At home, I connect the machine to a USB keyboard
and an old CRT monitor (PanaSync/Pro P50 that just "worked" when it was
plugged into the machine).

> Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
> be a better choice?

It depends on what you want to do with the machine. The eeePc is "low
resource" (900 MHz CPU, 2 Gb max of RAM and a max of 4 Gb of "drive
space" on the SD card). On the other hand, it has no hard drive, is very
small and light and therefore easy to carry around.

> Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?

My installation takes up about 2 Gb. Lots of space left over on the
card.



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On 2008-04-07 23:46 +0200, Mark Allums wrote:

> I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have
> more experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.
>
> What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
> relationship to Debian?
>
> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues
> have come up? Is installing it easy, hard?
>
> How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or
> somebody be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or
> other high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)
>
> Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?
>
> Any other issues, beside the obvious?

I don't have this EeePC and thus cannot say anything about it, but a
Debian developer recently blogged his experience on
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/, you might find this helpful.

Sven


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On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 04:46:17PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
>
> I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
> experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.
>
> What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
> relationship to Debian?
>
Xandros nee Corel - a distant cousin, but Debian based.

> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
> come up? Is installing it easy, hard?
>
Planet.debian today - add a 16MB USB stick to boot from and install
Debian over wireless. Easiest install ever, apparently.

> How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
> be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
> high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)
>
Entirely up to you. Some people find that the keyboard is too small: if
you were going to use it for web browsing, you might find the display
too small. If you want a text only dev box that you can carry on the
train and afford to replace / a terminal to carry round computer racks /
a quick and dirty email and Skype machine ... it's your call.

> Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?
>
4G is good - it's possible that Asus will be bringing out a larger model
later in the year. A friend uses his with an external hard drive the
size of a pack of playing cards.

> Any other issues, beside the obvious?
>
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Mark Allums wrote:


I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more
experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.


What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any
relationship to Debian?


Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have
come up? Is installing it easy, hard?





Just wanted to add my few cents in. I am currently working on getting a
low foot print Debian installed in the Asus Eepc for an in house erp/
workflow solution. Needs are usual office stuff, chatting (what is
present on the device default basically) but using debian instead.


Will be posting the same some where online, will send the link once
through (~total 1 month I expect)


The current system (Xandros) leaves only ~1.3GB for the user on the 4G
device.


(for the curious, I do plan on using something like runit instead of
init, amongst some other ideas .. was wondering if anybody has tips..)



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Not got into the installation of the pc phase yet, But from what I saw,
it should not be too hard.


How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody
be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other
high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.)




Experience:
Awesome, Super, Great, Wonderful!!

& its quick (and light)

some users who swore to use only XP, are now willing to switch.
:)



Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate?

Any other issues, beside the obvious?



Just on design issue, the mouse buttons on the track ball are on a
single unit. So it is not immediately obvious, that the system has two
buttons to the end user.


Comes with Xandros.

some issue, I have a usb cdma wireless internet device, which works with
wvdial/ pon etc.



However these were not installed. I could find aptitude on it so it
seems possible -- but the repo doesnt seem to be setup


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