Best OS for Asus Eee PC Netbook?
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Its a Linux distro made for netbooks that you may never have to understand Linux to use.You can install it as a file in Windows to try it out.
http://www.jolicloud.com/
Best OS for Asus Eee PC Netbook?
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I believe readyboost can use more then 4GB if you format it differently, but I think I only saw the Fat32 option on my machine. I used Fat32 as it allows 4 GB, which IMO seemed to be all the...
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one of the great things about linux is you can load up a live image on a USB stick and try it. If it doesn't work, you've really lost nothing - if it does work you can see how you like the...
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Cool, thanks. I'm a total Linux noob so no tinkering here. I just want something quick and easy that will work in case Win7 gets bogged down.
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TBH, and I love Arch/Archbang, but I'd have to say go with a specialized netbook distro (ideally one thats designed for that model) unless you like to tinker
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Just threw Win7 on it without doing anything else, and so far I'm happy (granted, all I've done is install Chrome and turn off the default sleep mode options -- it wouldn't wake up properly and I'd...
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I believe that the eee netbooks ran Leopard and SNow Leopard as Hackintoshes decently.
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You'd be thrilled at the speed boost you'd get with a distro like Archbang... Openbox is not the most friendly window manager (you just have to remember to right-click in open space on the desktop)...
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I have the 1005HAV. When I bought it, it came with XP, which I have used for about a year. I put Windows 7 on it a few months ago. I truly like Win7 on it better. The great thing about Win7 is...
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I figured that I wouldn't fully realize the advantages of an SSD on this, so it's good to hear some confirmation. As for XP vs 7, let's just say that it's easier, at the moment, to install XP. I have...
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XP would be a tiny bit faster with some things, and slower with others, but LINUX would definitely be faster.
Personally I can't stand the inconveniences associated with the less sophisticated...
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Although your question is addressed to Davepry, I can tell you the following.
I always use SSD's in all my devices, including the netbooks that I have owned.
Yes it will be faster but the CPU is...
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Once again, thanks. I think the only issue now is if I throw on W7 or maybe play around with with XP and see how Linux works as well. In your opinion would the machine run faster with XP (I honestly...
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There is nothing heavy that will run in the background in the various versions of Win 7 that can't be turned off, so any one you have will do.
The only lighter version would be Starter as it doesn't...
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Thanks, davepry. Will an SSD make that much of a difference on this?
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Thanks, prozac4312. I just threw Ubuntu onto and old Dell Inspiron 5100 with 512MB RAM that I got back from my friend (I had given it to her three years ago). It was my first experience with Linux...
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Thanks, RockySosua, more than I could have asked for. Do you know of a way to minimize a W7 installation, sort of the way nLite does with XP? I'd prefer to throw 7 on their, of course, but I'd like...
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It will run Win 7 just fine, but bear in mind these are slow machines by way of the processor and even adding in a 2nd gig of ram doesn't do much if anything.
I've read countless user reviews from...
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bump up the RAM to 2GB, replace the HDD with a SSD, install Win7
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Ubuntu or XP should both run extremely well...or if you can get ahold of a copy of Tiny7 it should run pretty good also.
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