I
got a very good conditioned asus eeepc 701 and the first distro of choice after chatting on freenode channel #eeepc was ubuntu netbook edition or une for short (10.04 Lucid). I took the advice and
installed away via the instructions from the webpage but there was a glitch..
I ended up having to mount the usb and having to rename the file isolinux.cfg inside of the isolinux directory to syslinux.cfg
as well as renaming the folder isolinux to syslinux.
The install
is simple enough I don’t have to tell you that. I let the installer have it’s way with the 4GB solid state disk
soldered into this netbook. But why does une require 4GB of space for netbooks ? Well, it turns out that shotwell had not
managed to replace f-spot as of yet and tomboy is still being used by mono as well even though gnote exists along with the
countless other “note” taking applications. So many applications installed by default, needless to say I freed
up over 1.4GB of space by removing lots and lots of unneeded applications.
I’m using web apps for most of the tasks, using chrome (opensource version) but midori would probably be just as good
and I probably will switch. Turns out there are plenty of web im apps and they work with the webcam & mic just perfect
so no need for wasted space on chat applications of any kind. It’s called a netbook for a reason. And the net is very
good at the moment with a plethora of applications for the using.
But wow the user interface is really awesome (kudos on that canonical & tm.). The only problem I’ve had
is wanting to add weblinks to my ‘favorites’. And I did have to fool around a bit to make a favorite so that nautilus
opened to a certain directory on an extra 16GB SD card. I’ve not modified the desktop to make any change as it’s easy enough but it could be simplified even more.
From my end-user view if revenue is of interest to whomever (and it
is) maybe offer up more webservices and not charge for apps but for the services ie office, chat, email, server usage
for downloading apps rather then charging for apps. Making the une much lighter as a result and freeing up space for, ahem,
people’s FILES you know pictures, documents, music etc.. It’s called a netbook for a reason.
In the end I’m happy with une on the ole eeepc
and thank those who make it available....and cloud pros will ove it too....
