Arch on Eee PC - how do you feel about it?

der_joachim · 2008-12-25 08:53:27

Netbook Remix is a graphical shell on top of Gnome. Originally only available for ubuntu, I was able to install NBR from AUR, so no ubuntu for me anymore. Since I have a separate home partition, my gnome session was already configured for NBR. All I had to do was install the packages maximus, go-home-applet, netbook-launcher and window-picker applet.

The driver I used is from the package xf86-video-intel. This was recommended in the wiki page mentioned above, and with the cpufreq hack testube mentioned, it is fast enough.

I do not think that NBR runs on top of anything other than gnome, which is actually a shame. I never quite understood why Canonical chose a relatively heavyweight desktop environment as the base for NBR.

I hope that my post was a bit informative. There's still too much blood in my caffeine.

nirvanix · 2008-12-27 17:18:50

Thanks for your reply der_joachim. Honestly, I've never understood why Ubuntu went with debian as a base for that matter. I think its package management is lousy. That was my biggest frustration with the Eee pc. Trying to get recent versions of software or additional software meant circumventing Asus' software update system and using debian package sites, and it screwed my system too many times. Coupled with Asus' shitty support (the famous 'connection pending' problem), I'd had enough. I was ready to get rid of my Eee PC, but now with Arch and LXDE I'm lovin' it.

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