Sorry, I must be new here... I fixed the formatting of my previous post.
I recently installed Eeebuntu on my Acer Aspire One (AAO) with no problems so far. I used the NBR install from eebuntu.org. The install process was quite simple and essentially involved using a bootable USB jump drive with the install image on it. So far I am loving the OS change and wouldn't go back to the original Linpus system. The Eeebuntu desktop interface feels much more full-featured and looks nice without losing the simplicity needed to appeal to a general audience.
A few notes from my experience:
* Wireless on/off indicator LED doesn't work.
* The boot time is slower than the original OS: about 15 seconds on the Linpus (the original OS included with AAO) and 35-40 seconds for Eeebuntu.
* Wireless worked right away from the default install.
* The Ext3 filesystem was slow (likely because of the SSD and the unecessary journaling read/writes) so I changed the default filesystem selection from ext3 to ext2.
* Tried various optimizations including installing "preload", removing unecessary services such as the print applet, bluetooth daemon, extra VT's etc... So far I am down to 29 seconds (a whopping 1 second improvement.
** My AAO is the one with 1GB memory and the 16GB solid state disk.
I recently installed Eeebuntu on my Acer Aspire One (AAO) with no problems so far. I used the NBR install from eebuntu.org. The install process was quite simple and essentially involved using a bootable USB jump drive with the install image on it. So far I am loving the OS change and wouldn't go back to the original Linpus system. The Eeebuntu desktop interface feels much more full-featured and looks nice without losing the simplicity needed to appeal to a general audience.
A few notes from my experience:
* Wireless on/off indicator LED doesn't work.
* The boot time is slower than the original OS: about 15 seconds on the Linpus (the original OS included with AAO) and 35-40 seconds for Eeebuntu.
* Wireless worked right away from the default install.
* Ext3 filesystem was slow (likely the SSD) so I changed the default filesystem selection from ext3 to ext2.
* Tried various optimizations including installing "preload", removing unecessary services such as the print applet, bluetooth daemon, extra VT's etc... So far I am down to 29 seconds (a whopping 1 second improvement.
** My AAO is the one with 1GB memory and the 16GB solid state disk.
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Sorry, I must be new here... I fixed the formatting of my previous post.
I recently installed Eeebuntu on my Acer Aspire One (AAO) with no problems so far. I used the NBR install from eebuntu.org. The install process was quite simple and essentially involved using a bootable USB jump drive with the install image on it. So far I am loving the OS change and wouldn't go back to the original Linpus system. The Eeebuntu desktop interface feels much more full-featured and looks nice without losing the simplicity needed to appeal to a general audience.
A few notes from my experience:
* Wireless on/off indicator LED doesn't work.
* The boot time is slower than the original OS: about 15 seconds on the Linpus (the original OS included with AAO) and 35-40 seconds for Eeebuntu.
* Wireless worked right away from the default install.
* The Ext3 filesystem was slow (likely because of the SSD and the unecessary journaling read/writes) so I changed the default filesystem selection from ext3 to ext2.
* Tried various optimizations including installing "preload", removing unecessary services such as the print applet, bluetooth daemon, extra VT's etc... So far I am down to 29 seconds (a whopping 1 second improvement.
** My AAO is the one with 1GB memory and the 16GB solid state disk.
I recently installed Eeebuntu on my Acer Aspire One (AAO) with no problems so far. I used the NBR install from eebuntu.org. The install process was quite simple and essentially involved using a bootable USB jump drive with the install image on it. So far I am loving the OS change and wouldn't go back to the original Linpus system. The Eeebuntu desktop interface feels much more full-featured and looks nice without losing the simplicity needed to appeal to a general audience. A few notes from my experience: * Wireless on/off indicator LED doesn't work. * The boot time is slower than the original OS: about 15 seconds on the Linpus (the original OS included with AAO) and 35-40 seconds for Eeebuntu. * Wireless worked right away from the default install. * Ext3 filesystem was slow (likely the SSD) so I changed the default filesystem selection from ext3 to ext2. * Tried various optimizations including installing "preload", removing unecessary services such as the print applet, bluetooth daemon, extra VT's etc... So far I am down to 29 seconds (a whopping 1 second improvement. ** My AAO is the one with 1GB memory and the 16GB solid state disk.