Introduction & Eee PC

[Barney Holmes]

Thanks Nicholas and Phill ! 

Forgot this in my sig: https://launchpad.net/~barney-holmes

In my experience a lightweight browser does not provide the kind of
embedded "internet OS" which Firefox is now if you think about it.
People use Firefox as an entire system that they use between various
devices (using the sync). I've seen it criticised as bloatware or a
memory hog but that's just because it's "internet OS" nature. With a
stripped down linux it fits fine into the Eee 701 memory unless you have
too many tabs open or too much flash running. Of course that can be
stopped by using the noflash add on. Only other problem was update
manager popping up and maxing out the memory and SSD at bad moments
(this had me tearing my hair out a couple of times).

I'll test and see if alternate server edition uses less memory than
lubuntu alternate. At least a clear guide could be written for
installation for the Eee PC 701. There seem to be quite a few
enthusiastic 701 users out there ... eg.
http://www.delicious.com/redirect?url=http%
3A//www.jkkmobile.com/2008/06/easy-to-add-touch-screen-kit-for-asus.html
Of course the guide would be applicable to other low spec notebooks.
What is good about Ubuntu, at least last time I checked, is the support
for the Eee 701 keyboard as well as the CPU scaling and laptop power
management, although I think there has been a problem recently with
cpufreq not addressing the 701 processor properly (it only has two
speeds).

If necessary, would it be appropriate to create a special package for
the 701 that installs a lightweight window manager and some other basics
after the alternate install ? Not sure what the Ubuntu way is there.

DJ Barney

https://launchpad.net/~barney-holmes

On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 15:35 +0100, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
> Welcome! I also had an underpowered laptop for a long time. Not to
> make this into a support thread, but I would offer using the alternate
> install cd and installing the server edition. Then install something
> like flubox or jwm or enlightenment, etc.. really any other
> lightweight window manger should work. This should allow your system
> to perform nicely. In addition, you can try using a lightweight
> browser.
> 
> ISO Testing to make sure the installer works and installs properly is
> part of our on-going tasks.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/TasksPrecise Since the eeePC would have
> to be booted and installed using usb this would make an interesting
> test case for our generated isos. Cheers, 
> 
> 
> Nicholas
> 
> On 01/12/2012 02:36 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > 
> > welcome to QA. 
> > 
> > 
> > Hmm, if lubuntu is still too big for you I can only suggest you try
> > lubuntu-core (not lubuntu-desktop) which is the really stripped down
> > version of lubuntu. Details of the 11.10 series of this can be found
> > at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall  I am asking our head of dev to find out if the lubuntu-core option is available for 12.04 yet.
> > 
> > @Julien, is lubuntu-core available for 12.04 yet?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > Phill.
> > 
> > On 12 January 2012 11:33, Xelsior <xelsior24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         Hello,
> >         
> >         Just joined the group. I've been a Linux user since the late
> >         90's and
> >         an Ubuntu user since 07. I've contributed to some bug
> >         reporting and
> >         pages on the help wiki.
> >         
> >         At the moment I have AntiX on my Asus EeePC simply because
> >         Ubuntu was
> >         using too much memory. I had problems with Firefox maxing
> >         out the
> >         memory and hitting the swap very hard. Swap access is just
> >         way too
> >         slow on an Eee 701 with a slow SSD and 512mb of memory.
> >         Actually
> >         everything else seems to run fine with an Ubuntu
> >         installation ...
> >         except for the memory problem. I tried the other Ubuntu
> >         distro's like
> >         Lubuntu but they have the same problem (they are aimed more
> >         at the
> >         later Eee's). The general advice is to use a distro like
> >         AntiX, but I
> >         don't see why Ubuntu could not have a repository package
> >         that strips
> >         everything down - removes unnecessary kernel modules and
> >         other memory
> >         and space saving tactics. Don't know if I'm in the right
> >         place for
> >         that kind of development but I can do testing (boot on a
> >         live Ubuntu
> >         SSD?) and I can help in many other ways.
> >         
> >         Barney
> >         
> >         --
> >         Ubuntu-qa mailing list
> >         Ubuntu-qa at lists.ubuntu.com
> >         Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> >         https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
> > 
> > 
> > 
>