On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:14:08 -0500 "Ivica Ico Bukvic" <ico@xxxxxx> wrote: > > I've purchased a new Asus EEE 1000 PC, and I love this thing. > > > > First off, almost everything on it just works with Linux, out of the box! > > I've never had a laptop on which everything actually worked properly. > > Audio, wireless, suspend-to-disk, even the webcam works with Debian EEE > > distro, out of the box! I was stunned. I've never experienced anything > > like this with linux. > > I must say I indeed share every bit of your excitement in respect to Linux + > netbooks. I too recently got a MSI Wind (was barely over $400) and after > wiping the drive and installing Linux I can only say this thing is truly > amazing. In my 10+ years of using Linux I've never had this kind of > experience: everything worked except wireless for which I simply compiled a > driver that did not make it into Ubuntu 8.10 (for those who venture in this > direction, make sure to check what kind of wireless card you have--don't > trust online how-tos as my netbook needed an entirely different driver; > apparently MSI has a habit of changing these things). Suspend works, > hibernate works, wireless works (after a quick compile), webcam works, Skype > works, little dual screen setup works without having to restart X (great for > presentations), and the funniest thing ever is that the manufacturer's > latest BIOS allows overclocking with a Fn+F10 (dedicated key with a nice > blue icon, too!) for up to 24% extra power (AC only). As if that weren't > geeky enough, when overclocking the power button changes from blue to > orange. The thing comes with a 6-cell battery (~4.5 hours of battery life) > and a 1.6GHz Atom that packs quite a punch for a system that typically uses > less than 15Watts. > > Unlike EEE, though, this one does have a traditional HD, but it is a beast > (160GB). Now, the coolest thing is that I have full effects running on > Compiz, installed JACK, added 3 lines to limits.conf and presto, got rock > solid RT performance at 512x2 using crappy built-in soundcard. Compiled > Ardour 2.7 and haven't had a single xrun on a vanilla 8.10 kernel. All in > all, I am a very, very happy owner of this netbook. > > If there is room for complaining then that would be: > > 1) 1024x600 resolution at times is cumbersome as some dialogs/apps by > default have windows that don't allow resizing below ~650 pixels height-wise > (cough, cough, ardour mixer? :-) making it a bit annoying to deal with as > taskbars end-up covering the ok/cancel buttons > 2) my model does not have synaptics touchpad (some claim to have it on this > model, again suggesting that MSI mixes/matches parts) so no nifty scrolling > features for me > 3) the lack of a FW port for my FA-101. Seems like I might have to invest in > an USB audio card... > > ico I shall be watching this thread very closely! For some time I've been thinking of a netbook for audio 'doodling' while travelling etc. and this sort of thing seems just what I'm after. The thing that concerns me is the still woefully short battery life :( -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
