Comments on: The EeePC netbooks are awesome! http://www.lancealbertson.com/2009/02/the-eeepc-netbooks-are-awesome/ Musings of a geek, jazz performer, and an OSUOSL sysadmin Tue, 24 May 2011 16:15:58 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Constrabus http://www.lancealbertson.com/2009/02/the-eeepc-netbooks-are-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Constrabus Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:00:58 +0000 http://test.lancealbertson.com/?p=55#comment-65 Have a 1002HA Installed Gentoo when it came in October chrooting using an Ubuntu liveUSB No issues. Wireless in kernel drivers worked with a Vanilla Kernel since I got it. Have a 1002HA
Installed Gentoo when it came in October chrooting using
an Ubuntu liveUSB

No issues. Wireless in kernel drivers worked with a Vanilla Kernel since I got it.

]]> By: emc http://www.lancealbertson.com/2009/02/the-eeepc-netbooks-are-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-63 emc Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:38:28 +0000 http://test.lancealbertson.com/?p=55#comment-63 I have Eee 1000H and I want install Gentoo too. When I statrted I will put some linke here as well. Maybe even update somehow gentoo wiki. See you soon! I have Eee 1000H and I want install Gentoo too. When I statrted I will put some linke here as well. Maybe even update somehow gentoo wiki.
See you soon!

]]> By: Lyonsgeek http://www.lancealbertson.com/2009/02/the-eeepc-netbooks-are-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Lyonsgeek Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:55:35 +0000 http://test.lancealbertson.com/?p=55#comment-62 I'm using an Eeepc 100HA w/Gentoo. It rocks. I've ditched my desktop. Its a bit slower but the mobility is worth it. The wireless driver works well as a kernel module. When at my desk it pushes a 1680x1050 LCD w/ wireless mouse/keyboard. The only device not working is the camera just because I haven't bothered with it. I'm using it for: Postgres, MySQL, Apache, XMPP, C++, PHP, Javascript, Imagemagick, PDF creation. I’m using an Eeepc 100HA w/Gentoo. It rocks. I’ve ditched my desktop. Its a bit slower but the mobility is worth it. The wireless driver works well as a kernel module. When at my desk it pushes a 1680×1050 LCD w/ wireless mouse/keyboard. The only device not working is the camera just because I haven’t bothered with it. I’m using it for: Postgres, MySQL, Apache, XMPP, C++, PHP, Javascript, Imagemagick, PDF creation.

]]> By: Appleman1234 http://www.lancealbertson.com/2009/02/the-eeepc-netbooks-are-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Appleman1234 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:56:28 +0000 http://test.lancealbertson.com/?p=55#comment-19 Hi I also have an eeepc 1000h (harddrive instead of solid state) and run Gentoo on it. With regards to your net / wireless issues the ebuild for the driver is at http://sf-alpha.bjgang.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/9-Ralink-RT2860-Ebuild.html . Is it ok to clarify a few questions with you regarding the hardware configuration (namely the alsa configuration) and a few other things ? I enjoyed your article. Thanks for your time Hi
I also have an eeepc 1000h (harddrive instead of solid state) and run Gentoo on it.

With regards to your net / wireless issues the ebuild for the driver is at http://sf-alpha.bjgang.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/9-Ralink-RT2860-Ebuild.html .

Is it ok to clarify a few questions with you regarding the hardware configuration (namely the alsa configuration) and a few other things ?

I enjoyed your article.

Thanks for your time

]]> By: Chris http://www.lancealbertson.com/2009/02/the-eeepc-netbooks-are-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Chris Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:52:11 +0000 http://test.lancealbertson.com/?p=55#comment-18 I've also been running Gentoo on an EEE PC, but for quite a long time - since the original ones came out. Mine is an 8GB (701 Model), and I put in 2GB of RAM. My disk usage is about 5 GB, but I have a fully fledged development environment on here - linux source, several typical includes, eclipse-ganymede, sun-jdk, 2 cross-toolchains, 1 native toolchain, etc. I've developed quite a few tricks for using it (very efficiently) with Gentoo. Here is a quick list: 1. Used a SquashFS-compressed version of the portage tree. Saves hundreds of megabytes of space. 2. Very few writes to disk. Use RAM mounted at /tmp instead. E.g. /var/log -> /tmp/log, /var/run -> /tmp/run, changed firefox's temporary directory to /tmp/firefox, etc. 3. Using PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/tmp, DISTDIR="/tmp/distdir", PKGDIR="/tmp/binpkgs", INSTALL_MASK="*.h *.a *.la *.pc *.result *.test *.opt /usr/share/doc /usr/share/info /usr/lib/pkgconfig /usr/share/locale /usr/share/info /usr/share/gtk-doc /usr/include /usr/share/gnome/help /usr/share/aclocal* /usr/share/automake* /usr/share/autoconf* /usr/share/gnuconfig /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /usr/lib/svgalib /usr/lib/svgalib/threeDKit /usr/share/opencv/doc /usr/share/opencv/samples /usr/share/lastfm/i18n /usr/share/qt4", so only the necessary binary files are installed. 4. Use a faster machine as a PORTAGE_BINHOST to compile and host binary packages instead of building them on the netbook. E.g. EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-GK" I’ve also been running Gentoo on an EEE PC, but for quite a long time – since the original ones came out. Mine is an 8GB (701 Model), and I put in 2GB of RAM. My disk usage is about 5 GB, but I have a fully fledged development environment on here – linux source, several typical includes, eclipse-ganymede, sun-jdk, 2 cross-toolchains, 1 native toolchain, etc. I’ve developed quite a few tricks for using it (very efficiently) with Gentoo. Here is a quick list:

1. Used a SquashFS-compressed version of the portage tree. Saves hundreds of megabytes of space.
2. Very few writes to disk. Use RAM mounted at /tmp instead. E.g. /var/log -> /tmp/log, /var/run -> /tmp/run, changed firefox’s temporary directory to /tmp/firefox, etc.
3. Using PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/tmp, DISTDIR=”/tmp/distdir”, PKGDIR=”/tmp/binpkgs”, INSTALL_MASK=”*.h *.a *.la *.pc *.result *.test *.opt /usr/share/doc /usr/share/info /usr/lib/pkgconfig /usr/share/locale /usr/share/info /usr/share/gtk-doc /usr/include /usr/share/gnome/help /usr/share/aclocal* /usr/share/automake* /usr/share/autoconf* /usr/share/gnuconfig /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /usr/lib/svgalib /usr/lib/svgalib/threeDKit /usr/share/opencv/doc /usr/share/opencv/samples /usr/share/lastfm/i18n /usr/share/qt4″, so only the necessary binary files are installed.
4. Use a faster machine as a PORTAGE_BINHOST to compile and host binary packages instead of building them on the netbook. E.g. EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=”-GK”

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