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

bwh1969 · 2009-01-29 23:59:50

Asus EEE PC 701

This might be worthy to check out CHAKRA live. {Arch based}

Here is my post regarding what I have running as my default OS
http://chakra-project.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=212

I have it running off an SD card using Unetbootin... so I have a hybrid "install" that runs out of RAM. I have 2 GB ram. It is the fastest distro I have used. I have tried:

Xandros - liked it sort of but it was just so... untweakable, or you had to tweak the crap out of it to get it to go beyond being just a "netbook" Kernel limit of 1 GB? Rediculous.
EEEbuntu 8.04 but I had it on an SD card and even though it was sandisk extreme III it was still slow
FaunOS... worked but could not compile the eee.ko module on it so I was stuck at 630 MHz
EEEbuntu 8.10 netbook version, I like this and have it installed on the SSD with thing done to it -->
http://po-ru.com/diary/linux-liposuctio … he-eee-pc/

The install was close to 3.5 GB... and now it is 1,8, without removing packages!

I assume it can be done to Arch as well with some minor modifications where you would edit (/etc/rc.conf?) modules to load.

Last edited by bwh1969 (2009-01-30 00:01:47)

heleos · 2009-03-07 21:39:51

I have an eeePC 904HA. When I first installed, I wanted to test all my options (not much of a laptop user, so I wanted to try all my options with the limited screen size). I quickly got rid of KDE, and then gnome. I still have XFCE installed, but don't use it much. I feel like DE's arent really optimized for the netbook class, as windows never seem to fit (almost all the menu options in XFCE are cut off and I can't read 1/2 of them). Right now I have openbox and awesome, and I seem to switch between the two.

edit: spellings

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OpenBSD · 2009-03-09 00:48:25

Netbook type: Ideapad s10
OS: OpenBSD
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: scrotwm
Network Manager: ??
File Manager: rm, cp, mv
Terminal: urxvt
Browser: Firefox
Editor: vim
Presentations: beamer
Music: mpd + ncmpp
Videos: mplayer
Text processing: vim latex
Miscellaneous: jabref

KISS
Just trying to get work done.

DePingus · 2009-08-17 20:01:02

Netbook type: Asus Eee Pc 701
900mhz Celeron M, 512mb RAM, 8gb SSD
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock

Window Manager: PeckWM
Desktop: BMpanel, WBar
Network Manager: Wicd
Battery monitor: BatteryMon

File Manager: PCManFM
Terminal: Terminator
Browser: Firefox
Editor: Leafpad

Arch is MUCH faster than the default Xandros install. I used the wiki article to get it up and running. Im using this netbook to control a headless arch pc that downloads files and serves media. I also great for minor web surfing from the couch. I couldn't be happier with it!

Last edited by DePingus (2009-08-17 20:22:24)

jasonwryan · 2009-08-17 20:42:15

Netbook type: Asus EeePC 901 w/ extra GB RAM
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: dwm (echinus for variety)
Stats: dzen/conky
Network Manager: Wicd-curses
File Manager: vifm
Display Manager: CDM
Terminal: Urxvt
Editor: vim
Email: mutt
Browser: vimprobable2
Images: feh
Music: mpd/ncmpcpp
Videos: mplayer
Multiplexer: tmux
irc irssi

Other: TTYtter, slock, Dropbox, SSH.

I find myself using this thing more than my desktop...

Updated: Sept 10

Last edited by jasonwryan (2009-09-09 23:59:14)

thayer · 2009-08-17 20:52:51

Netbook type: Acer Aspire One (AOD150)
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: dwm -- defaulting to monocle mode
Tray: none (yay, I'm free!)
Network Manager: netcfg2 -- managed by dmenu
File Manager: shell and sometimes Nautilus for remote SSH/FTP
Terminal: bash + urxvt + Screen
Editor: Vim
Email: mutt + fdm + msmtp
IM: CenterIM for now...was gajim
Browser: Firefox *sigh* with vimperator
Office: Xpdf, OpenOffice and Office XP (via Crossover)
Graphics: Inkscape, GIMP, and Macromedia Fireworks MX
Music: mpd + ncmpp (xmms for temp stuff and streaming)
Videos: mplayer

This is my only computer. I compile, do light gaming, and just about everything else on this.

Last edited by thayer (2009-08-17 21:02:32)

scio · 2009-08-17 22:45:07

Netbook type: Asus Eee 1000HE
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: kwin (KDE 4.3)
Network Manager: wicd
File Manager: shell + dolphin
Terminal: bash + konsole + yakuake
Editor: Vim
Email: gmail
IM: gmail + igoogle
Browser: chrome
Office: google docs
Music: last.fm
Videos: hulu

Last edited by scio (2009-08-17 22:46:01)

elliott · 2009-08-20 08:06:28

Going to have to do a reinstall on the EeePC 901 I mentioned earlier in the thread, main SSD is acting like a hard drive with a bad control board, time for a 32GB SATA RunCore with 125/55 MB/s read/write.

For now I am using my 7".

Netbook type: Asus Eee 700 2gb Surf
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: Openbox (LXDE)
Network Manager: netcfg
File Manager: PCManFM
Terminal: Sakura
Editor: Leafpad + Vim
IM/IRC: Pidgin + Weechat
Browser: Chromium + Dillo-hg
Music: ncmpd + LXMusic
Videos: Gnome-mplayer

Just setup a 1000HE-B (Best Buy crippled version) for my mother with Arch to match her big Thinkpad.

Netbook type: Asus EeePC 1000HE-B
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: Gnome
Network Manager: Wicd
File Manager: Nautilus
Editor: Gedit
IM: Pidgin
Browser: Firefox
Media: Totem
Office: OpenOffice

Last edited by elliott (2009-08-20 08:07:53)

hw-tph · 2009-08-24 19:00:59

Netbook type: Asus Eee 901 (2GB RAM, 32GB Runcore S-ATA + 4GB original system disk mounted as /var)
OS: Arch. It has been through a few others, Eeebuntu for one. Ubuntu variants are simply too slow for these machines, including Crunchbang and Eeebuntu. Arch made this computer at least three times faster than with Eeebuntu!
Kernel: Stock! Works like a charm.
Window Manager: Openbox, with tint2 as a panel (on the right hand side, only showing icons)
Network Manager: wicd
File Manager: pcmanfm
Terminal Emulator: urxvt (launching urxvtd from autostart.sh and urxvtc from the menu)
Browser: Firefox
Editor: vim
Irc: irssi
Presentations: What presentations? For office type applications I highly, highly recommend gnumeric and abiword on these machines. They are so much faster and responsive that Open Office cannot even begin to compare.
Music: Spotify, courtesy of Wine.
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Battery monitor: Built into the tint2 panel

spektre · 2009-08-26 06:13:42

thayer wrote:

Netbook type: Acer Aspire One (AOD150)
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: dwm -- defaulting to monocle mode
Tray: none (yay, I'm free!)
Network Manager: netcfg2 -- managed by dmenu
File Manager: shell and sometimes Nautilus for remote SSH/FTP
Terminal: bash + urxvt + Screen
Editor: Vim
Email: mutt + fdm + msmtp
IM: CenterIM for now...was gajim
Browser: Firefox *sigh* with vimperator
Office: Xpdf, OpenOffice and Office XP (via Crossover)
Graphics: Inkscape, GIMP, and Macromedia Fireworks MX
Music: mpd + ncmpp (xmms for temp stuff and streaming)
Videos: mplayer

diff:
<Netbook type: Acer Aspire One (AOD150)
<Window Manager: dwm -- defaulting to monocle mode
<Office: Xpdf, OpenOffice and Office XP (via Crossover)
<Graphics: Inkscape, GIMP, and Macromedia Fireworks MX
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Netbook type: Asus EeePC 1008HA
>Window Manager: wmii
>Office: OpenOffice
>Graphics: GIMP

lol, we have almost the exact same setup! Except that I'm not a heavy user of office or graphic apps.
How can one not love vim?

hjk · 2009-08-26 10:54:19

Netbook type: Samsung NC20 (2Gb Ram)
OS: Arch64
Kernel: Custom 2.6.31-rc4-git3
FS: Ext4
Window Manager: Gnome+Openbox
Network Manager: Wicd
File Manager: Nautilus
Terminal: gnome-terminal
Browser: Midori
Editor: vim
Graphics: GIMP
IM: Empathy
Music: rhythmbox
Videos: mplayer
Text processing: OpenOffice

Last edited by hjk (2009-08-26 11:02:12)

whacath · 2009-09-09 23:28:15

Netbook type: Asus eee 701 4GB
OS: Arch
Kernel: stock
Window Manager: Ratpoison
Network Manager: wvdial
File Manager: none
Terminal: urxvt
Browser: Firefox
Editor: vim
Music: mpd + ncmpc, pitchfork, icecast and somtimes despotify
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Battery monitor: conky, but batteryosd is a nice one too
Voip: skype
twitter: TTYtter
Sound: alsa
Miscellaneous: conky, trayer and of course my own scripts for various things. As for example: mailchecker, youtube-browser/viewer, pacman-emotionchip, backgroundchanger, etc...

And I am using this one as my main computer! And I love it! 7" to the people!

Last edited by whacath (2009-09-09 23:33:36)

earthpig · 2009-09-10 05:57:38

I suppose I'll be the heretic here.

Netbook type: Dell Mini 9
OS: My own Ubuntu-based remix
Kernel: Ubuntu stock
Window Manager: openbox
Desktop Environment: LXDE
Network Manager: NetworkManager / nm-applet
File Manager: pcmanfm
Terminal: lxterminal
Browser: Firefox
Editor: leafpad
Music: n/a
Videos: mplayer
Photos: n/a
Battery monitor: gnome-power-manager
Miscellaneous: pidgin

i wasn't happy with any existing "just make it install easy and work!" lightweight solution for netbooks & other computers light on processing power, so i made my own.

then i made a website. http://sites.google.com/site/masonux/

in a nutshell:

ubuntu 'base' install, add lxde, add & make networkmanager work with lxde, add firefox, add pidgin, add graphical package manager, add graphical installer, make .iso, done.

install uses 1gb of hd space and 60mb of ram at boot. lighter than the much-vaunted crunchbang.

nothing impressive around here, of course.

i myself have recently converted to using Arch on my primary computer within the last week... but i will probably continue to use *buntu on secondary/family/other machines.

the Arch definition of 'simple' has its place in my world.... and so does Ubuntu's definition.

Last edited by earthpig (2009-09-10 06:00:21)

ak-89 · 2009-09-10 06:52:17

Netbook type: Samsung NC10
OS: Arch
Kernel: zen-git
Window Manager: awesome3
Network Manager: netcfg
File Manager: thunar, mc
Terminal: rxvt-unicode
Browser: firefox
Editor: geany, nano, vim
Irc: irssi
Music: moc, mpd+ario/ncmpcpp
Videos: mplayer
Photos: mirage, feh
Battery monitor: wibox-widget on awesome's topbar
IM: emesene
Mail: claws-mail, mutt
PDF: apvlv
Gaming: stone soup, nethack, znes, scummvm, pysolfc, dosbox..
Misc: openoffice, gimp

Devastator · 2009-09-11 13:53:57

mike_r wrote:

I'm surprised no one else is using compiz; it works really well for me.

At first I was surprised that actually someone could run compiz on such underpowered machine. I was even more suprised when I tried it by myself, and except the blurring, everything works perfectly smooth.

Wow.

Thanks for enlightment!

P.S.

Netbook type: Asus Eee 1000HE
OS: Arch
Kernel: Arch latest stock
Window Manager: XFCE4
Desktop Environment: XFWM
Network Manager: NetworkManager / nm-applet
File Manager: Thunar
Terminal: terminal
Browser: Opera
Editor: mousepad
Music: audacious / xfmedia
Videos: mplayer
Photos: ristretto
System monitor: conky
IDE: Code::Blocks
Office: OpenOffice suite

After installing the base system I found out thet it took 3GB from 25GB system partition... so...

additional IDEs: netbeans, eclipse
additional office: abiword
Graphics: GIMP, Blender, Inkscape
and a few gigs more of apps

Last edited by Devastator (2009-09-11 14:02:32)

cedricmordrin · 2009-09-11 19:22:19

Netbook type: Asus Eee 904HA
OS: Arch
Kernel: Arch latest stock
Desktop Environment: Gnome
Network Manager: NetworkManager / nm-applet
Terminal: Gnome Terminal
Browser: Firefox
Email: alpine
Editor: nano
Music: mocp
Videos: Gnome mplayer

Everything is configured nearly the same as my Latitude E6500 just on a smaller scale.

I've played with UBR and Moblin, but they're either too bloated or don't have the hardware support that is needed.

onearm · 2009-09-12 06:09:36

Netbook: Asus Eee 1005HA
OS: Arch
Kernel: arch
DE: Kde (but not really using it)
WM: Awesome
Network Manager: nothing at the moment, will use wicd when I'm travelling
Terminal: urxvt
Browser: Firefox
Email: mutt
Editor: vim
Music: gmusicbrowser
Videos: mplayer
Photos: just gtkam
Pdf: okular
IM: pidgin
Battery Monitor: lua script in awesome statusbar
Misc: Openoffice, skype

On a second partition I'm testing Ubuntu Netbook Remix (nice for a newbie but I'm not going to use it instead of Arch) and will test Moblin, Jolicloud and others netbook-oriented distro

hso · 2010-10-01 22:52:13

Netbook type: Asus eee 900
OS: Arch
Kernel: toofishes's eee kernel
Window Manager: xmonad
Network Manager: netcfg
File Manager: thunar/mc
Terminal: rxvt-unicode
Browser: Chromium
Editor: Emacs
Irc: irssi
Presentations: Impress
Music: mplayer
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Battery monitor: xmobar's battery plugin
Network: wireshark, aircrack-ng
Documents: org-mode, texlive, epdfview
Miscellaneous: dropbox-cli

Last edited by hso (2010-10-01 22:53:20)

Dogmeat · 2010-10-02 00:22:27

Netbook: Asus Eee 1005HA (1GiB RAM, 250GB HDD)
OS: Arch Linux i686
Kernel: stock
DE: KDE
WM: KWin
Network Manager: networkmanager
Terminal: Konsole
Browser: Chromium
Email: kmail, web gmail
Editor: nano
Music: Amarok
Videos: vlc, smplayer
Photos: gwenview
Pdf: okular
IM: psi+ (jabber), pidgin (irc, xfire)
Battery Monitor: KDE Power Management

It boots to KDM in 16 seconds and requires 200M - 500M of RAM depending on running programs. It's very fast with Arch.

broch · 2010-10-02 01:01:54

Netbook type: Toshiba nb305-n410
OS: Arch 32-bit
Kernel: zen stable (current from git), 2.6.35.6 (grsecurity hardened)
Desktop Environment: KDEmod 4.5.5
Network Manager: - / wpa_supplicant
Battery monitor: powerdevil
File Manager: Dolphin
Terminal: Konsole
Browser: Firefox (customized)
E-Mail:
Editor: kedit / vim
Irc: -
Music: AmaroK
Videos: sMplayer-xine
IM: -
Photos: LightZone (only advanced photo editor for linux comparable to LightRoom), Digikam
Office: OpenOffice,
Misc: -
Games: -

used for Photo editing while on the field

low footprint - 85MB
fast boot -13s
on battery (when idle) ~10hrs (6.5W), averege use (photoediting) ~7-8hrs

Last edited by broch (2010-10-02 01:05:49)

NecroWxrst · 2010-10-02 10:23:22

Netbook type: Asus eee 701 4GB
OS: Arch
Kernel: eee-kernel as recommened in the wiki
Window Manager: Openbox
Network Manager: wicd
File Manager: pcmanfm
Terminal: urxvt
Browser: Chromium
Mail: non, using a webinterface
RSS: non, using a webinterface
IM: Finch
Editor: vim, leafpad
Music: moc
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Battery monitor: tint2 built-in
Voip: -
twitter: -
Sound: alsa
Miscellaneous: conky, tint2, ssh-client

neodreams · 2010-10-02 19:50:07

Netbook type: Acer Aspire One D250
OS: ArchLinux
Kernel: 2.6.36-rc6 (custom)
Window Manager: DWM or Openbox (depend on my mood)
Network Manager: manually
File Manager: ls
Terminal: urxvtd + urxvtc
Browser: Firefox (nightly)
Editor: Vim
Irc: weechat
Presentations: -
Music: mpd + ncmpcpp
Videos: mplayer
Photos: feh
Battery monitor: -
Miscellaneous: nmap, conky, tint2, ssh, htop, etc....

InsektO · 2010-10-18 01:45:40

Netbook: Acer Aspire One D260 (Intel Atom N450, 2GiB RAM, 250GB HDD)
OS: Arch Linux i686
Kernel: stock
DE: GNOME
Battery Monitor: GNOME Power Manager
File Manager: Nautilus
Network Manager: wicd
Terminal: Tilda, GNOME Terminal
Browser: Chromium, Firefox
Email: Evolution
Editor: nano, vim
Music: Exaile
Videos: VLC
IM: emesene
IRC: XChat, irssi
Twitter: Turpial
Misc.: OpenOffice, GIMP, conky, Skype, Mumble

medianmajik · 2010-10-19 06:34:59

HP Mini 110-1125nr
OS: Arch Linux i686
Kernel: stock
DE: openbox
File Manager: thunar
Network Manager: netcfg
Terminal: urxvt, xterm
Browser: Chromium, elinks
Editor: nano, gedit
Music: pymp, mocp
Videos: mplayerstart
Misc.: GIMP, conky, Skype, tint2, celtx

Eee 701 4g
OS: Arch Linux i686, puppeee, slitaz
Kernel: twofish
DE: dwm
File Manager: mc, ranger
Network Manager: netcfg
Terminal: xterm
Browser: elinks
Editor: nano
Music: mplayer
IRC: irssi

shemz · 2010-10-19 12:44:16

Netbook type: Ideapad s10
OS: Arch x86
Kernel: stock, kernel-netbook
Window Manager: openbox
Network Manager: Wicd
Monitor: conky
File Manager: pcmanfm
Terminal: sakura
Browser: firefox (+ zotero)
IM: pidgin (+ adium themes)
RSS: rssowl
Editor: emacs, leafpad, nano
Presentations: powerdot, impressive
Music: deadbeef, radiotray
Videos: (s)mplayer
Text processing: emacs, lyx, latex
Miscellaneous: evince, gpicview, nitrogen, tin2, wbar

Arch Linux

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