Ubuntu 7.10 on Transcend 8GB SDHC Class 6 with ASUS Eee PC

[hburke7799]

did it com with ubuntu oem?

[panflutelistener]

lol Linux is so forgotten and incompatilbe with so many things people now take for granted int he computer world, it seems it's mac the one that's been rising more and more instead of it. Windows still stays king, hated the days when I used ubunto after being a windows user, no games, had to download lots of drivers all the time, lotta programs I was used to using forget about'em.

Thank god just about 1 out of 10 users use linux.

[vearheart42]

You know very little about linux don't you?

[panflutelistener]

Actually I dont, I used to be quite the linux freak until a few years ago. Linux is only well respected and operated in the server world, but then again, which Server OS isn't :)

[vearheart42]

It has little to do with linux though, compatiblity is on the shoulders of companies and because not so many people use Linux we get less support then any other. Not to mention there are to many distros but thats okay to an extent.

Really if we had the numbers of say Mac on market share then we would get support too. But for now we must make our own content/fixes.

[panflutelistener]

That's why I stopped using linux. It's safe but it costs you time too

[vearheart42]

IT's also a little different on machines like a Linux EEE. All the hardware will work with it, and for the most part most printers shouldn't be so hard to get working.

Safe is only because Linux and each of its distros have so little market share that no one codes viruses or malware for it.

[ziomal352]

That's a huge laptop you have.

[SeikoPsycho]

whoa can you hack the gibson with that?

[LukasLain]

hahaha "hack the planet!!!"

"mess with the best, die like the rest!"

[noname250593]

you watched the movie "hackers"

year 1985. by angelina jolie.

[matthew360x]

wow you saw the hackers move to!!

[stayinclassy247]

slow ass computer

[fibertech9]

why do you have to zoom into the sticker?!??!?!?!

[uso330]

LINUX+EeePC=自由

希望越來越多電腦搭配linux

幫大家脫離w的惡勢力

你的影片能更有創意就更好了

[Abercr0mbie4life]

better off with xubuntu on that

[rgh0rattler]

cool place 4 a power button!!

[WindowsXPTips]

Awesome Laptop u got there!

[Springingboy]

i thought the eee booted RLLY fast cuz it doesnt hav a hard drive. I MIGHT BE GETTING 1 OF THOSE... it sucks that they dont have a cdrom

[knulfine]

why booting the eee with ubuntu? It's slow enough with it's own system...

[Thorn2200]

slow with it own system? it boots in 20-22 seconds.

[knulfine]

Mine needs about a minute

[sebasjuan94]

worst computer i've ever seen in my life

[KimBiixX]

of corse..

because its an laptop xD

[Gailen11]

It is very weak... too slow...

Don't you realize it's booting from an SDHC of Class 6? It only transfers 6 megabytes per second. THAT'S WHY IT'S SLOW.

Asus EEE is a really marvellous machine if you use it for the right uses: what it's designed for, not other silly things. For example, why install Vista in the EEE, if this simply destroys all the philosophy about this CHEAP subnotebook. Use Linux: the Xandros version installed (kiddy interface) can be modified to show up on it's real glory

[bjamieson]

Xandros even in advanced mode is pretty crippled. Ubuntu boot up from SDHC is slow, but after that running off the card is fine. FireFox, Gimp, OpenOffice, even Compiz all work great running off of a SDHC card. If you don't mind the boot time, installing Ubuntu in this way is a good alternative.

"The right uses" is in the eye of the beholder, installing Vista does not "destroy" anything. I run WinXP and Ubuntu on mine and have no complaints. Don't be so negative.

[throkrigar]

I hope all of you realize it is so slow because the operating system is booting from an sdhc card and not the internal hard drive...

[asjeot]

man, almost fell asleep during that boot up

[leshienavarro]

is it that really slow?

[andrewthegreat19]

LOL, how would you able to run vista on this notebook in which it has only a limited HDD capacity, and i think the minimum space requirement for vista is about 7 to 10 GB of diskspace and this has only about 2gb capacity. . .

[Rimdeker]

Simple , don't. It's not made for Vista... not even made for XP.

[stemcellfilms]

windows is for quaggets and trolls

[codenamezeus]

fkin slow

[GABuckeye37]

Why would you even want to start Vista on this?

[joshduarte6]

thing takes forever! my sony vaio loads it in about 3 seconds

[mastyxone]

Certo che + di due minuti ! per accendersi e un po lento nn ti pare ?

[gagahput3ra]

where can i get Ubuntu "hard" sticker to put on my Laptop internal skin? It will be really cool if i can put that sticker beside the intel sticker other than the lame Vista sticker. :P

[brandon9271]

so.. should I buy the 2g EEE with a big SDHC card or buy the 4G Eee PC without? I'm on a major budget here :) It'd be actually $30 cheaper for me to get the 2G Eee with a 8GB SDHC... :?

[duke1duke1]

Worry less about the cost and just work those two hours and you'll earn $30.

[illusioNsecrets]

hey .. you have problem with your PC

Ubuntu Start Up really fast

i never get this delay with my system at all

[bazdmeg123]

ubuntu starts faster but this Pc isn't so fast

[Misku155]

maybe

[Misku155]

Vista starts faster but Ubuntu is still great system

[daragaaz]

Wrong.

Linux kernel can be reduced, customized, to only load data specific to YOUR hardware setup. Vista loads its default kernel stack and is hardly customizable. In the right hands, Ubuntu outperforms significantly Vista.

[YumeWire]

You do realized this is a very weak laptop :P

Vista won't even start on here xD

[Vegabondsx]

It's a $300-$500 Subnotebook. Also, it IS possible to get Vista to run on it, not that I see a reason why you'd want to.

[sousuke121]

It onlt has a 4-8gb hdd and the graphics suck, and the prosessor isnt good either so vista may work but their wouldnt be any real point of geting it unless you just want to own a brick that can not do anything but load its own OS

[Andrew0089]

so is it running of a card or did you wipe it out and install ubuntu?

[Goomba141]

@Andrew0089

You can buy an Eee with Linux preloaded.

[Vaffeljern2]

Does it run better than xp on Eee?

[iSam24]

Hell yes

[daragaaz]

I second that, hell yes.

[K1000PL]

Where did u get the ubuntu sticker????

[william9545]

if you special order your laptop with ubuntu already installed it will have it on there

[Eastyles]

Ebay.

[JDV9507]

try WINE

[audioslavelover]

how did you get the ubuntu splash screen? Now instead of Dual boot with Windows Vista, and Windows XP, i am Dual booting Windows XP with Linux Ubuntu 7.10? I am dying to know!

[audioslavelover]

okay i know now

[pacsum]

you should install ubuntu mobile instead of the main ubuntu.

[Sebastian667]

do it have beryl

[RaydarUK]

Ubuntu doesn't use Beryl anymore, it was replaced with Compiz Fusion - which the EEEPC might struggle to run.

[leodime]

Nah. I've seen the EEE PC running Compiz just fine actually.

[metamaster765]

he orderd it with ubuntu on it

[Eastyles]

Wrong. He installed ubuntu on it.

[456embarq]

thats cool we play classic rock and we too have had 3 gigs

[protito]

Is running from the SDHC memory.. thats why is slow... read the title..

[oYoYebutu]

Wow! People watch this, and they get angry waiting thirty seconds or less for their computers to boot!

[MUERTE2007COL]

this pc need more RAM lol....

[hazviz]

Doesn't look like a bad little machine when it's booted up, but 2 minutes 10 seconds to boot Ubuntu is a bit painful.

[ubuntu704feistyfawn]

what is this computer specs?

[kalisteboat]

Hi everybody,

I have a band (5 musicians)

I would like to install Ubuntu Studio on the new ASUS eeePC900 that will soon be released.

My goal is to record 10 audio tracks simultaneously and a virtual soft synth with an USB2 Audio interface (like Edirol or EMU,...)

I used to do that with an old Dell Inspiron 8100 from 2002 (Pentium 3, 850Mhz, 512 Mo Ram, 40 Go HD, ...)

So i think it will be easily possible...

If not i won't buy this marvelous small computer !

Does anyone has an idea ?

Thx

[BlackHatSEO]

ur band is crap and u wont get famous spend the 400 bucks on 2 hookers and enjoy an hour of your life getting laid.

[kalisteboat]

The future will tell me ... and i trust the future !

[456embarq]

whats your bands name are you good have you had any gigs what kind of music do you play

[kalisteboat]

Paradox

Not as good as we expect but we have energy

3 Gigs

Rock-Pop-Punk

... anything else ?

[sidekick3iskool]

I thought the EEE used Xandros? Well Ubuntu is better so that makes me want to buy this more.

[ChrisFromJersey]

....in the description it says its on an SDHC card it does NOT ship with Ubuntu. You should read more.

[coolkidcoolkid1234]

for mine it sometime has probs booting up then the caps lock and scroll lock keys flash doesnyone know what that means but on the other hand mine loads up much faster thats becuase im using a 40 gb hard drive seperate for my ubuntu and a 80gb for my windows xp

[coolkidcoolkid1234]

for mine it sometime has probs booting up then the caps lock and scroll lock keys flash doesnyone know what that means but on the other hand mine loads up much faster thats becuase im using a 40 gb hard drive seperate for my ubuntu and a 80gb for my windows xp

[spoonios]

I'd likr ubuntu on mine. but it takes a while to boot up. Xandros boots up fine. but it makes it look like a toy, lol!

May have to try Xubuntu on it

[linerider999]

Were did you get that sticker????

[calbs69]

the laptop has the ubuntu symbol instead of the windows keys maybe it came with it

[CBaggers]

Dudes, its slower than usual as it's installed on a SD card (well sdhc to be clear).

Ive got ubuntu on my eeepc installed on the Solid state Drive and its easily beats by windows using mates at bootup.

[peppoepeppa]

a fatt a skifezz re VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[utubeboi3451]

it kinda takes a little long to boot up 4 me that's y i'd use the normal linux

[times9]

hmm that takes awhile to get to ur desktop

[mrsepek]

nice video

I'm thinking.. if downtown by the fountain .. would my batteries last longer if I kill the xserver and just run vim and gnat on virtual consoles? I'm no electro guru .. would the lesser usage (graphics card, CPU and read/writes) without X give longer battery?

[cmielack]

yes, it should, since less cpu-power is needed. But i don't know if you will get the function-keys/the screenbrightness-settings to work. If you run a basic terminal without X at a high screen brightness it will still soak up your battery...

[megamegh28]

wow, i have a 1gb pc and a dualboot of xp and ubuntu and my ubuntu runs much faster than this

[misium]

Its 8 GB of storage (SD memory card instead of HDD), not RAM

[Tungsten223]

im trying to install ubuntu 7.10 i have the cd and everything but everytime i try to restart the computer it goes back to windows ,why is that

[mattbreeding]

The CD you have is a "live CD" which means that Ubuntu is running solely off the CD. Leave the CD in your PC and reboot allowing Ubuntu to load. You should notice a folder/icon on the desktop called "Install"....double click that and it will install Ubuntu over your existing OS.

[megamegh28]

also if you have the cd but it won't boot at all when u put it in, u have to change ur bios settings. When ur computer manufacturer scrn shows, press delete or some other key until u see a blue screen. Change the boot from hard drive to cd drive or dvd drive.

[arnolddisco]

you need to chamge the boot order in bios

[Roboslacker]

no press f12 at the boot screen and choose your drive

[davidbball13]

dude could you just do a CD install of ubuntu it would be a lot easier and ubuntu system requirements say 256ram and 4 gig HDD so it should work fine

[bikiniboys]

too loose...

[adonian]

Ok, I just want to know how to put Ubuntu onto the SD card? I have a 4g surf, and want to put XP for the ssd card and Ubuntu with Beryl (if possible) onto a 16gb sd. So, anyone have a step by step for SD installation? Thanks.

[debianinside]

Hi adonian,

Please see the "About this video" for details.

Samiux

[starcannon]

I didn't get out a stopwatch, but looks like around 1:43 total power switch to desktop time.

Kinda cool, mines in the mail, won't know if I'll switch to buntu or leave xandros on it, either way I can't wait.

[TarasFSF]

I think it is customized, but also i heard that DELL sell Ubuntu preinstalled and desgined computers

[Istatto]

Load very slow, but I want itself this notebook. I hope he is for a sale in Russia.

PS Excuse my translator, if he translated something it is not correct. =)

[Tommyr]

Loads slow. I wonder how Linux Mint would do on it?

[jombaze]

WOW !

My Dream Laptop EEE PC With Ubuntu! :)

Why Asus dont Preloade Ubuntu in there cool Eee PC laptops ?

[LessthanJake14]

When will someone make a slightly smaller version of Ubuntu for the EEE PC? When I meant "stripped down" I didn't mean Xubuntu, I meant Ubuntu FOR the EEE.

[Nicklaspm]

What do i need to install before i can install ubuntu?

[marceloyanez111]

how does he have an 8gb eeepc? It hasnt even comeout.

[put4558350]

It's not 8gb eeepc. but eeepc + 8GB sd hc card

boot speed is slower than original eee pc's flash

[frequentfliermileage]

It only really took just over a minute to get from boot (wasn't on until 30s in!) to login screen. It also isn't running off the laptop's (solid state) hard drive which would make it much faster. 7.10 is newer than Vista people, try booting Vista that fast (you cant at all actually) off a SD card!

[marceloyanez111]

Why is his computer have a Ubuntu sticker mine didnt bring any sticker

[LessthanJake14]

Because he BOUGHT one and STUCK it onto the PC HIMSELF.

[bigfuggy]

Okay, someone please answer my questions lol.

1. Would this be an ideal laptop for a college/highschool student only using it for web and typing reports, powerpoints, etc?

2. If i installed ubuntu, and for some reason didn't like it, could i take it off?

3. does ubuntu come with a ton of advertisements and sample programs that slow things way down?

thanks everyone!

[FathomZero]

1) Yes, for sure. It's a great consumer laptop at a price that can't be beat (cliche phrase, but true.)

2) Yeah, you could. The EEE ships with it's own version of Linux that you can put back onto the EEE or you could put Windows on it.

3) Hahaha, no. Ubuntu and Linux in general are open source, i.e. not for profit. There are absolutely no pieces of bloatware on the EEE.

[bigfuggy]

wow okay thanks alot! if i installed ubuntu on my desktop (windows xp), would it erase all my files? like my pics, movies, songs, etc... ? ty for your help!

[blacklabelsk8erX]

Yeah, you'd need to back up any personal media like your music/movies/pics/games.

But I bet Ubuntu would run faster than XP for you. Plus wine is stable enough it runs alot of windows programs without much hassle.

[bigfuggy]

okay thanks alot! :D

[LessthanJake14]

But if you want to play games I wouldn't recommend it. However if you use your PC for the internet, writing reports and watching movies then this would get an A+.

[obsidiantech]

what about support for the video camera, built in wireless and other hardware on it? Any driver issues? Could I still use them?

[blacklabelsk8erX]

Think so, from what I've read up on it, it seems like a great enthusiast system or even just a nice stable system for web browsing, basic PC usage, etc. I'm really looking forward to getting one of these.

[gawtmeelk]

It amazes me how many people complain about it being slow when its RUNNING FROM THE SD CARD. Wake up people, learn to read. Retards.

[IDLEpeople]

It take some time to boot....

[Xiangyu317]

那一台電腦好不好用? 我媽想買一台出去玩的時候用。

[debianinside]

Hi Xiangyu317,

It is very easy to use and play. You can search the net for more details to enhance the device. However, there are some sites use IE code that Firefox cannot read.

Good device indeed. :-)

Samiux

[Xiangyu317]

k thanks. seems to be a pretty sick device.. if i had the money on me i'd buy it just to screw around with it

[ecf1691]

Its not that slow. Slower than Ubuntu on my desktop but about the same as XP on the same PC. But its just a minute little thing. My Motorola A925 "smart" phone takes almost that long with hardly any software on it. I'll be sticking with Xandros I think though when the Eeee turns up.

[debianinside]

Hi ecf1691,

The demo is showing Ubuntu running on a SDHC card instead of SSD on the Eee PC.

SSD is much faster than SDHC.

Samiux

[everthonvaladao]

a little bit slow, isn`t it?

maybe you should try XFCE or Fluxbox instead of Gnome...

[raafaell]

that's why i don't ever liked Laptops computer.

It's so slooooooow.

[sickcow]

did the wireless run after install? or you went all the trouble to find a fix? im in a big doubt of formatting my eeepc

[debianinside]

Hi sickcow,

Please refer to the "About This Video" for details. We are working hard on special function keys and madwifi native Linux wireless driver.

Samiux

[LinuxGalore]

Ubuntu is not a good distro for this machine. Ubuntu is designed to work on lots of different hardware so carries allot of excess baggage in the kernel. Really what is needed is a fork of Ubuntu or just a dedicated EEE distro without the before mentioned baggage.

[debianinside]

Hi LinuxGalore,

Ubuntu 7.10 is running smoothly on 512MB RAM and 4GB SSD. It also runs smoothly on 512MB RAM and 8GB SDHC card. The boot up time is similar to a Celeron 630MHz system indeed. Ubuntu on SSD is faster in boot up time than on SDHC. It is because SSD is faster than SDHC in general.

I don't like the slimmed version of Linux. I would like the full function of distribution that I will comfort with.

Samiux

[gamer2284]

wow that suck. i min to boot. why bother getting that. i have linix on my psp and i have a duo core notebook that has vista built in wireless and a powerful proccesr. guess how much? only 3 . yep it cost 3. 300 hundred dollars. got a speacail at ciruit city. its a voreduo. awsome!

[debianinside]

Hi gamer2284,

The Eee PC comes with a Celeron 630MHz CPU with 4GB SSD (no hard drive) and 512MB RAM. It is light weight and compact. It is smaller than a B5 size laptop.

If it runs from SSD, it should be much faster.

I tweaked the bootup and shutdown process. The bootup and Gnome launch time is within 1min 42sec. (I type my username and password very slowly). It is faster than this video clip :-)

Samiux

[LessthanJake14]

Linux on your PSP? Didn't know they created a kernal for the PSP yet.

[FathomZero]

It's uClinux. Frankly, it's more of a proof of concept. Moreover, a kid wrote that and it's obvious he doesn't know how to weigh power versus portability, if you pardon me saying so.

[SakuraUK]

I noticed you have taken the battery off of the laptop, is this to preserve the life of the battery? I think this is a good idea.

[debianinside]

Hi SakuraUK,

Yes, you are right. I think that to remove the battery is good for the life of the battery when using AC power.

Samiux

[Vlavio7]

No that's wrong. The Battery is a lithium battery - lithium batteries don't depend on the usage but depend on the time. The life time of a lithium battery before it starts to loose it's running time is 1.5 to 2 years. If you really want to save your battery, wrap it in a freezer bag and put it into the refridgerator when not using it.

[debianinside]

Hi Vlavio7,

Thanks for your tips :-D

Samiux

[Lortemailuser]

Does Compiz run well on the Eee PC?

[debianinside]

Hi Lortemailuser,

Compiz Fusion runs well on Eee PC.

Samiux

[lrb87]

Hi, I wanted if t know only one thing... Does it works closed? like when listening to music or something?

[debianinside]

Hi Irb87,

It works when it is closed. You can also set it at the power management option.

Samiux

[shedridge]

little over a minute plus login time. the xp build is way faster = /

how much space is ubuntu taking up there?

..and how fast does firefox load?

[debianinside]

Hi shedridge,

The longer launch time is due to activating Compiz Fusion. When I disabled the Compiz Fusion, the launch time is much faster. The loading time for Firefox is as fast as running under a Celeron 630MHz CPU. The overall speed of the device is acceptable.

The space of my device occupied about 3 to 3.5GB as I installed some programs to it.

Samiux

[ppglabrat]

1 min to boot up, not too bad really