Ubuntu Eee Goes Gold

bjcarne writes in to commend Jon Ramvi and his team, who have delivered their first stable release of Ubuntu Eee, an Ubuntu version customized for the Asus Eee PC. "In December Ubuntu Eee started as a one man project, but [over] the last months several people have joined in on the development. We're trying to achieve something which [hasn't] been successful for any other Linux distribution yet: a OS targeting a single computer which includes the best applications available. This means people can buy this really cheap computer and easily get a great OS on it for free. Ubuntu Eee is just for the Asus Eee. Ubuntu Eee is smaller, faster and we're bringing people the cutting edge of technology (while being stable and free of course)."

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Ubuntu EEE/Notebook Remix on a desktop?

[Falstius]

I have a desktop with a 15" 1024x768 monitor and these interfaces aimed at subnotebooks look very appealing. From screenshots they almost remind me of MythTV, but not hideous. Has anyone played with them enough to know if it is worthwhile?

Re:Why would you replace Xandros with Ubuntu?

[hairyfeet]

Xandros HAD to sign that deal with MSFT or they would have been toast. You see Xandros is mainly sold as a "plays nice with Windows" solution,which means they HAVE to have Exchange and Active Directory support.MSFT wouldn't give them access to the APIs unless they went with their little deal. And as a long time Xandros business user I could not care less,as it allows me to access any SOHO network I am called in on without having to run Windows on my laptop. And the reason you see mostly older software is because Xandros is first and foremost about stability--which means you avoid the bleeding edge.

IMHO whether the one who is evaluating for the school switches or not can be summed up in the answer to a few simple questions: Are you going to need support for AD and Exchange? What about login scripting? Are you going to have to share resources with Windows machines? If the answer to any of the above is yes,or if your students are going to be allowed to take these machines home where they will want to interact with the Windows boxes,then I would stay with Xandros. I have been using it for nearly 3 years and there really isn't anything that is as good at integrating with Windows networks IMHO.

If the answers to all of the above is no,or if you value bleeding edge over integrating with Windows and don't mind giving up a little stability for it,then you should like Ubuntu. But as someone who has to deal with all kinds of networks I will be keeping Xandros on my laptop. It is fast,stable,and works beautifully with AD and Exchange. But that is my 02c,YMMV

Re:Awesome

[CheShACat]

Yeah but have you actually looked at the changelog for this? It seems like a bit of a waste of time, barely customised and really !news. Considering how late this is to the eee market, I clicked expecting a custom rolled kernel, etc but all they've done is install drivers and shrink the desktop. They haven't even reduced swappiness?!