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New PB

New PB: 400: 1'19"

Ubuntu 9.04 UNR beta on Asus Eee PC impressions

Hardware specifications
* Asus Eee PC 1000h with a 64Gb MLC SSD from SuperTalent

Advantages (+)
* Straight-forward installation, even easier than 8.10
* ext4
* Faster startup times
* Recognized all hardware i.e. webcam, bluetooth - no need for the linux-eeepc kernel from array.org.
* Slicker GUI - simple yet intuitive

Disadvantages (-)
* Not very nice greek language support for the Ubuntu Netbook Desktop mode
* Firefox does not seem to save settings
* Will be out officially in 16 days from today

Μέση ωριαία ταχύτητα: 0.148401826 km/h

Έκλεισα στις 7 του Μάρτη 1 χρόνο που καταγράφω το δρομικό ημερολόγιο στο Runner's World Log. Και μαζί με αυτό έτρεξα σε ένα χρόνο ~1300χλμ! Κινούμαι κατά μέσο όρο με 1300/(365*24) = 0.148401826 km/h

Asus Eee PC 1000h Extended Battery 8800mAh side-by-side comparison

I received today the extended battery I had ordered from England last week. The unit extends the default battery module of 6600mAh by 2200mAh up to 8800mAh. I have not tested it on real life, day to day use, but I am curious how it will perform. The Asus module (6600mAh) performs quite adequetly (not the 7hour blahblah - because I use the bluetooth dongle, wi-fi etc.), lasting around 4h (+/- minutes) for the last 2 months.
It is wobbling at the back a little bit and I wouldn't mind if the design was a little bit for "curvy", the monitor does not extend to the back as it did by ~35°, but for 50€ it is worth the money!

p.s.: The battery was used during this evening while I was studying, tweeting, youtubing alot, skyping etc. while having set the CPU at Super Performance (i.e const 1.7Ghz). It lasted for 5 hours and 5 minutes! I will post some average usage and day-to-day stats later this month. I am impressed!

Following is a side by side comparison picture gallery of the default-vs-purchased battery:

Replace HDD with SSD on Asus Eee PC 1000h (en)

Scenario
Replace the 160Gb HDD with an SSD 64Gb. Install OEM Windows Xp SP3 and Ubuntu 8.10.

Requirements

Hardware

• Philips screwdriver (small)
• Usb 2.0 DVD
• Usb 2.0 flash disk >=2Gb
• usb 2.0 case for 2.5" sata 2 hdd/ssd
• Asus Eee PC 1000h with Windows XP SP3 OEM installation
  

Software

• Unetbootin tool

Tutorials

• jkkmobile
• 4 tweaks for SSD on GNU/Linux
  

Steps

1. While on preinstalled Windows Xp SP3, install Ubuntu 8.10 on the flash disk with Unetbootin.
2. Boot from the flash disk and install Ubuntu (hold Esc during boot).
3. Put the ssd in the usb 2.0 sata 2.5" case and mount it on Ubuntu.
   
4. Create 2 equal ntfs partitions on the ssd (e.g use Gparted).
   
5. Replace the hdd with the ssd.
6. Mount the usb 2.0 dvd drive and put the OEM recovery DVD. The ghost image with be written on the ssd's first partition.

After the steps above you will have a replica of the OEM's installation, i.e. 2 partitions, first one with have Windows Xp SP3.

Optional

1. Install Ubuntu on the ssd's 2nd partition
2. Mount the 160Gb hdd on the 2.5" case and format to your backup needs.

Important
You are responsible for your own safety and for the safety of your hardware, software and data. Take precautions while doing hardware mods to your system and backup your data properly.
p.s.: Most users suggest not to defragment your disk if it is ssd.

Asus Eee PC 1000h Ubuntu post installation steps(en)

1. Update through update manager

2.Run the following script to install eee-pc kernel
wget http://www.array.org/ubuntu/array-intrepid.list sudo mv -v array-intrepid.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

wget http://www.array.org/ubuntu/array-apt-key.asc

sudo apt-key add array-apt-key.asc

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install linux-eeepc-lean

3. Reboot

4. Install additional / remove unwanted software
sudo apt-get install eee-control sensors-applet vlc build-essential monodevelop cheese nautilus-open-terminal subversion gparted
sudo apt-get remove totem tracker evolution
apt-get autoremove

4. Firefox
Addons:
foxmarks, stumbleupon, twitterbar, shareaholic
Config:
browser.fullscreen.animateUp=0
network.http.pipelining=true
network.http.proxy.pipelining=true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests=30
new integer nglayout.initialpaint.delay=0

5. Restart firefox

6. Sessions - gnome-session-properties
Add eee-control-tray
Remove Evolution Alarm Notifier (just in case)
Remove Tracker (just in case)
Remove Tracker Applet (just in case)

7. Edit Grub menu.lst
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

8. Skype

Install skype
Run the bash below to fix soound problems
killall pulseaudio
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install esound
sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio

Important
You are responsible for your own safety and for the safety of your hardware, software and data. Take precautions while doing hardware mods to your system and backup your data properly.

Asus Eee PC 1000h Todo list(en)

Hardware:
* RAM 2Gb - 1 - 2 - 533Mhz & 667Mhz
* SSD ≥60Gb - comparison
(ordered this one - out of stock - got this one)
* Battery spare/upgrade (≥6900mAh)
* USB 2.0 DvdRw(+/-) slim - regular
Windows Xp:
Eeectl (be carefull!)
Ccleaner
Defraggler SSD!
Kaspersky
Ubuntu:
Eee specific linux kernel - setup&installation

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Πόσες φορές έχετε δώσει το "ςςς.γοογλε.ψομ" στον browser σας;

Εγώ πάντως, άπειρες!

Windows 7 Virtualboxed

Δούλεψε μια χαρά! Download το iso, mount σε Virtual Machine με "Other" Filesystem (10Gb) και 768Mb RAM (δουλεύει και με 512 και ας λέει η MS ότι θέλει 1024). Το μόνο που λείπει για virtualboxed έκδοση είναι τα Guest additions από την Sun.
Όσον αφορά το ίδιο το λειτουργικό, τολμώ να πώ ότι είναι αρκετά γρήγορο. Δεν έχει εγκατεστημένες εφαρμογές (δεν ξέρω τι compatibility να κοιτάξω - είμαι άσχετος με Vista - δέχεται binaries Χp, Vista ή και των δύο;) αλλά είναι αρκετά γρήγορο στο γραφικό του περιβάλλον, πόσο μάλλον που το συμπέρασμα το βγάζω από VM σύστημα.

Συμπλήρωση μετά το σχόλιο του georgeadams:

Μπορείς να βάλεις τα Guest Additions αλλά θέλει "κόλπο":

Πάτα το "Install Guest Additions" και θα σου κάνει Mount στο CD Drive το εικονικό CD με τα additions.

Άνοιξε το CD για να δεις τα περιεχόμενα του, διάλεξε το VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86 και κάνε δεξί κλικ πάνω του.

Πάτα Properties, πήγαινε στο Compatibility, τσέκαρε το "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" και από τη λίστα από κάτω διάλεξε το "Windows Vista".

Πάτα ΟΚ να κλείσει το παράθυρο αυτό και μετά τρέξε κανονικά το VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86 για να εγκαταστήσεις τα Additions.


Σε ότι αφορά το compatibility, από drivers δέχεται αυτούς που έχουν φτιαχτεί για Vista (άλλωστε τα Windows 7 είναι μια βελτιωμένη έκδοση των Vista).

Από προγράμματα, παίζει ότι παίζουν τα Vista, τα XP, τα 2000 κλπ.

Ευχαριστώ!