EeePC901 + FreeBSD 8 + GNOME

FreeBSD 8 and GNOME running on an EeePC 901.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• FreeBSD
• GNOME
• EeePC

[agottem]

Hmm...I don't have the instructions on hand (you could probably google it and find your answer), but:

1. Wireless works. There's a few hoops to jump through but it's functional.

2. With UFS2, you can enable 'noatime' in your fstab. Enabling softupdates will also drastically reduce the number of actual writes performed. Additionally, if you mount /var/tmp, /tmp, and /var/log as tmpfs, you'll see very few writes ever actually occur on the SSD.

3. Agreed w.r.t compilation. Use pkg_add

[aleclitvinov]

@aegisgfx depends on the payload, mostly on the desktop environment. a clean system certainly is, but that's because the default ubuntu setup is bloated. arch, debian, gentoo or slackware could do better on laptops though because linux supports more hardware. debian is a natural choice after ubuntu, the package management system is the same.

[aleclitvinov]

tried it and returned to arch linux.

reasons:

1.cannot find the driver for the ralink wireless card (critical) - it's a netbook. it's useless without networking.

2.few file system options. (major) - the device has ssd instead of hdd, I want it to run fast and live long.

3.compilation from source takes hours with atom cpu (minor) - will take a lot of time on every update.

[merkur32123]

@TheCacashinha Lulz! Let me guess, you must are a Ubuntu, or Windows fanboy! Gnome is *NOT* a part of FreeBSD or Linux. It seems that you don't know much about POSIX-Compatible OSs.

[noxified1]

@BrayatanMassacre type "startx"

[aegisgfx]

How is desktop BSD compared to desktop ubuntu? Is it radically different in terms of performance?

[LemonPieLoL]

@TheCacashinha wut? you mean gnome? the gnome desktop has nothing to do with linux or *bsd, it is a separate package all onto itself; it is open source code that compiles on most unix like operating systems.

[TheCacashinha]

lol the interface of freebsd is the same on linux

[CabbageNappa]

Does wireless, power management, and the function keys work?

[michaeljhay271]

Eh, I've tried both. Ubuntu netbook remix boots up faster and does have a good screen maximizing desktop environment (Unity). Unity takes a bit of time to get used to but once you do you'll never go back to a standard desktop, at least on a netbook. Speedwise it's a wash.