What's running on your eee? (or other netbook)

Rumor · 2008-10-16 16:48:23

The two eee threads in the Kernel subforum are huge. It seems a lot of Arch users have these little netbooks (or sub-notebooks, or ultra-portables, or whatever term you wish to use).

I thought it'd be interesting to see what other users are running on theirs. I don't know if this thread belongs in Laptop Issues since the point of it is not to discuss issues, so much. If there is a better forum, I am sure a moderator can move it.

Here is what I am running and using most:

Netbook type: Asus eee 901
OS: Arch, of course
Kernel: zen-eee-901
Window Manager: Fluxbox
Network Manager: wicd
File Manager: pcmanfm
Terminal: Gnome-terminal
Browser: Firefox
Editor: Geany
Irc: xchat
Presentations: Impress
Music: mpd + sonata
Videos: mplayer
Photos: Risretto
Battery monitor: Gnome-power-manager
Miscellaneous: Gnomesword, Pysol

Those are what I am using most of the time. I have not chosen a pdf reader yet. I'm thinking evince, but maybe someone else is already using one on their and I'll grab that instead.

So, what netbook do you have and what are you running on it?

Last edited by Rumor (2008-10-16 22:29:56)

ichbinesderelch · 2008-10-16 17:13:58

Netbook type: Acer Aspire One A110L
OS: Arch
Kernel: 2.6.27-one with little modifications
DE: kdemod 4.1 (with standard kde theme)
NetworkManager: netcfg
Terminal: Konsole
Irc: Quassel

lucke · 2008-10-16 17:16:43

My Wind runs basically what my desktop runs: KDE3.

jo3 · 2008-10-16 18:20:08

My Eee 900 runs arch with xfce4 as the de. It runs great but I just don't use it enough. I'm thinking about restoring the xnadros that came with it and letting my wife use it for school. Shes a Bio/chem major and used the hell out of the periodic table app that it had.

kjon · 2008-10-16 18:21:41

KJoN's netbook (E^3 900) is powered by a vanilla archlinux installation. 2.6.27 kernel.
DE: Xfce,
FS: Reiser 3.6 and a lot of tmpfs mounts , plus a squashedfs directory.
NM: wicd
FM: thunar
TE: Terminal
WB: FFox
ER: TBird
IC: xchat
and openoffice, mplayer... lyx, vmware workstation, skype and so on

everything fits nicely on 1.2 gb packed on a sqfs. That's cool

elliott · 2008-10-16 19:21:23

Netbook type: Asus eee 901
OS: Arch
Kernel: zen-eee-901-git
Desktop Environment: Xfce4
Network Manager: netcfg2
File Manager: Thunar
Terminal: Xfce terminal
Browser: Firefox
Editor: Gvim
Irc: weechat
Music: Audacious (Gmpc to control MPD on my desktop)
Videos: Totem & mplayer
IM: Pidgin, Skype
Photos: Ristretto, GQview, Gimp
Misc: Gnumeric, Abiword, Evince, gFTP, file-roller
Games: Warzone2100, Pingus

Still only using 2.3gb of the main drive.

rsambuca · 2008-10-16 20:08:40

Netbook type: Asus eee PC 900 (4 + 16 GB)
OS: Arch
Kernel: regular Arch Kernel26
Window Manager: Gnome
Network Manager: ?
File Manager: Nautilus
Terminal: Gnome-terminal
Browser: Firefox
Editor: Gedit
Irc: none
Presentations: Impress
Music: Rhythmbox
Videos: totem-gstreamer
Miscellaneous: Freenx/nxclient to access home Desktop PC

slappinjohn · 2008-10-17 10:34:40

Using eee901 with robertek's zen-eee-git kernel and e17 with exalt network module an some gtk-progs like pcmanfm, midori, epdfview, bmp, and of course mplayer

mitchell · 2008-10-17 13:35:50

Asus EEE 701 2G Surf
OS: Arch
Kernel: Stock 2.6.25 kernel
Window Manager: dwm
Network Manager: wicd
File Manager: none
Terminal: urxvt
Browser: elinks, firefox
Editor: nano, textadept
IRC/IM: weechat + bitlbee
Presentations: none
Music: mplayer
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Misc: alpine, maxima, gnuplot

gothicknight · 2008-10-17 13:52:41

Netbook type: Acer Aspire One A110L
OS: Arch
Kernel: kernel26-one 2.6.27 ( specific build for Aspire One laptop )
Window Manager: GNOME
Network Manager: NetworkManager + gnome applet
File Manager: Nautilus
Terminal: Gnome-terminal
Browser: Firefox
Editor: Gedit/vim
Irc: xchat
Presentations: Impress
Music: Audacious
Videos: mplayer/totem
Photos: eog
Battery monitor: Gnome-power-manager
Miscellaneous:

STATUS: Fully operational with arch

Rumor · 2008-10-17 13:55:31

slappinjohn wrote:

Using eee901 with robertek's zen-eee-git kernel and e17 with exalt network module an some gtk-progs like pcmanfm, midori, epdfview, bmp, and of course mplayer

I have not used midori in a while. Does it remember settings now? I recall it would not remember my startpage or passwords, but it was really fast.

slappinjohn · 2008-10-18 08:08:54

Rumor wrote:

I have not used midori in a while. Does it remember settings now? I recall it would not remember my startpage or passwords, but it was really fast.

It seems to be working. Only problem I got, is the still not working bookmark-management. But I don't mind. don't use my eee for browsing the net so often.

whargoul · 2008-10-18 21:48:09

I have just found out, that LXDE seems to be a good choice for a netbook. It have that fancy launcher (lxlauncher) like Xandros or Eeebuntu has.

ninian · 2008-10-19 23:23:10

Eee PC 701 4G:
1) Cruncheee 8.10
2) eeebuntu 1.0 Standard
3) Slax 6.0.7

Last edited by ninian (2009-01-22 08:58:49)

Susu · 2008-10-21 13:10:15

I have an Eee 901 with Ubuntu Hardy, kernel from array.org and some acpi scripts. Why not Arch? Because it's too much work.

voidzero · 2008-11-25 17:22:54

Susu wrote:

I have an Eee 901 with Ubuntu Hardy, kernel from array.org and some acpi scripts. Why not Arch? Because it's too much work.

Likewise with me! (Though I have the 900 )

Inkaine · 2008-11-28 17:09:04

Netbook type: Acer Aspire One A110L
OS: Arch
Kernel: kernel26-one 2.6.27 (slightly tweaked)
Desktop Environment: Gnome
Network Manager: - / wpa_supplicant
Battery monitor: Gnome-power-manager
File Manager: Nautilus
Terminal: Gnome-Terminal
Browser: Firefox
E-Mail: Evolution
Editor: gedit / vi
Irc: -
Music: Exaile
Videos: Totem-xine
IM: Pidgin, Skype
Photos: gThumb
Office: OpenOffice, Evolution
Misc: Adobe Reader, Teamspeak
Games: OpenTTD, Widelands, Supertuxkart

Nice thread. Interesting to see some with similar setups. I'm a desktop KDE user but Gnome is the the DE of choice on the lil' cutie for me. In between KDE's functionality and XFCE's resource friendliness. I had tried the other two before (including both KDE and KDEmod) and am now totally happy with Gnome.

shiinta · 2008-12-23 14:46:41

Netbook type: Asus EEE 901
OS: Arch
Kernel: zen-eee-901
Window Manager: Fluxbox
Network Manager: netcfg2
File Manager: thunar
Terminal: xfce terminal
Browser: Firefox
Editor: vi
Irc: irssi
Music: cmus
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Battery monitor: acpitool

Onyros · 2008-12-23 19:35:08

Netbook type: Advent 4211c (rebadged MSI Wind)
OS: Arch
Kernel: Stock 2.6.27
Window Manager: DWM / Awesome
Network Manager: netcfg2
Battery monitor: bash script on top bar
File Manager: PCManFM
Terminal emulator: rxvt-unicode
Browser: Opera / Arora / dillo / lynx
E-Mail: mutt
Editor: vi / leafpad
Messenger: irssi + bitlbee
Music: xmms or Foobar2000 (through WINE - the convolver plugin is irreplaceable)
Videos: VLC
Photos: Mirage / feh / gthumb (to get pics from camera)
Office: AbiWord + Gnumeric + PPTViewer (through WINE) + Osmo (calendar)
RSS: raggle or snownews (depends on mood)
Misc: GFTP, GIMP, K3b and Grip (with an external dvd recorder)

mike_r · 2009-01-22 03:58:22

This thread is aging, but here is my rig. I'm surprised no one else is using compiz; it works really well for me.

Netbook type: Asus eeePC 701 4G (with 2 GB RAM upgrade, 8 GB SD card)
OS: Arch
Kernel: Twofishes 2.6.28
Window Manager: xfce/compiz
Network Manager: netcfg2
Battery monitor: conky
File Manager: thunar
Terminal emulator: xcfe-terminal
Browser: firefox
E-Mail: firefox/gmail
Editor: emacs
Messenger: none
Music: xmms
Videos: mplayer, xine
Photos: gthumb, xv
Office: openoffice, lyx
Misc: gramps

Mike

SiC · 2009-01-22 13:33:02

Netbook type: Toshiba NB-100
OS: Arch
Kernel: Stock 2.6.28
Window Manager: Gnome
Network Manager: wicd
Battery monitor: gnome-power-monitor
File Manager: Nautilus
Terminal emulator: aterm
Browser: Firefox
E-Mail: Webmail
Editor: vi
Messenger: Skype & Pidgin
Music: Exaile
Videos: VLC
Photos: Mirage
Office: Openoffice & Office 2003 (Wine) & Kile

der_joachim · 2009-01-22 15:34:11

Netbook type: Asus EEE900 20G
OS: Arch
Kernel: 2.6.28 from toofishes
Window Manager: LXDE + Openbox
Network Manager: wicd
Battery monitor: Conky
File Manager: PCManFM
Terminal emulator: LXTerminal
Browser: Opera 9.6X and occasionally a bit of firefox
E-Mail / RSS: Thunderbird
Editor: vim
Music: Amarok
Videos: VLC
Office: Openoffice & LyX
Misc: basKet

fwojciec · 2009-01-22 19:27:09

Samsung NC10

OS: Arch
Kernel: custom stable kernel with patches to fix things like fn keys, wifi led, etc.
FS: EXT4
Framebuffer: 1024x600 using intelfb
Saving Power: laptop-mode-tools, pm-utils, scripts/conky to display battery state, etc.
WM: DWM (or Openbox): DWM is great for making use of all available screen space
Network manager: wpa_auto
Music: MPD/ncmpc
TERM: rxvt-unicode-256color
Editor: (g)vim
Documents: LaTeX/acroread
Media player: mplayer
Browser: Firefox / Epiphany
Camera: guvcview (though I haven't played too much with it yet)
Bluetooth: disabled to save power

keenerd · 2009-01-23 00:22:36

Model: HP Mininote 2133
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock 2.6.28
WM: Awesome3
System monitor: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 48#p466748
Music: mocp
Terminal: roxterm
Editor: vim, geany
Documents: epdfview, antiword, catdoc
Media player: smplayer
Browser: Opera
Editing: mhwaveedit, gimp, inkscape
Games: Noiz2sa, Stone Soup, fceu

Lots of random programming languages and math tools.

If you use XCFE terminal, roxterm is the same thing with same features but smaller/faster.

If you use mplayer, smplayer is the same thing but with a good UI. (The way it smoothly handles mplayer crashes alone is worthwhile.)

josomebody · 2009-01-24 21:34:41

eee 900
arch, stock kernel
awesome 3
urxvt
firefox
pidgin
openoffice
gimp
milkytracker, audacity
nestopia, zsnes, mame
toribash, urban terror, paintown, pinball, gnugo

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