The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution (including Linux)
The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution (including Linux)
Before Chromebooks, before the iPad, there was the Eee PC.
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15I've still got mine. I ran Debian with Xfce if I remember correctly.
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I still have my HP Mini311, it has a 11.6" screen, 1366x768, discrete GPU, can decode 1080p in hardware and output on tv via HDMI. In 2009 it was a beast!
I changed the 2.4bg with a 2.4/5n wifi, upgraded to 3GB of ddr3 ram, SSD, overclocked to 2GHz, and installed MX Linux on it, works perfect.
13makes me want to restore my sibling's eee pc now.
8it is not fair to write this kind of history and not to mention one laptop per child.
7Yeah, I have 701 (?) 2g surf somewhere. It was kinda fun to do programming in vim in tty, and waaay less fun to compile stuff...
4LXQt time
4I remember running lxde and xfce on my eee at various points. If lxqt still supports 32 bit machines, I bet it would still work okay.
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I miss mine. Good battery life. Big hard disk. Chugged a bit on google docs with large documents. Hot processor. Liero
4I still have my white 701 that I put a black keyboard on and soldered in a Bluetooth module. Some of the most fun I've had using a computer and I wish the form factor was still a thing.
3The EEE PC
3I was wondering where the dankpods would be
3I wish I could give you more upvotes because you deserve all the upvotes
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I wonder how alpine linux would hold up on one of these, as a desktop of course. Alpine is ment for routers so therotically it should work really well.
3Ha ha, a post about the Eee! Dug my 1000H out of the attic a few weeks back, put Mint xfce on it and it works great, pretty zippy! Then I put it back in the attic.
3Had a 100X, back then with 2GB RAM. Worked OOTB with Linux w/o trouble, all hardware supported. Good times. Later, starting your browser maxed out the RAM so not a viable option anymore.
Nowadays I can happily recommend a HP Stream 11". Works perfectly with Fedora 39, good battery life. (Obviously you don't want to use such a machine for more than casual work/internet surfing. But as a cheap/solid travel netbook, it is perfect. Typing this message on it.)
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