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Crunchbang Linux a Lean Eeepc 701 Operating System

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:12:00 EST

The lean desktop of Crunchbang Linux
I have had a white eeepc 701 for almost a year now. Its a 4 gig solid state hard drive version and I put 1gig of ram in it. There has recently been a real problem with finding an operating system that will run decently on it. Im happy to report that Crunchbang Linux works wonderfully on the 701! When I first purchased the computer I couldnt even figure out how to access the terminal in the default Asus Xandros variant, so I put Ubuntueee on it, which was wonderful. I made the mistake of updating to a newer version of Ubuntueee which has turned into EasyPeasy..which I dont like at all. I also tried to put the latest version of the official Ubuntu netbook version on the 701 and it barely runs! It runs so slow that the mouse cursor cant even run at full speed.

Crunchbang Linux righ click menu and folder
I was so happy to find Crunchbang Linux because it incorporates the latest Ubuntu kernel and really provides a much more traditional Linux environment. The UI reminds me of Knoppix and Trackback. Wifi worked out of the box with WPA2 which passed my test of approval. It also uses minimal resources so there is plenty left over for applications. I highly recommend it.

Charles Palen has been involved in the museum and visitor center industry for several years. He works as a senior interactive developer at Transcending Digital where he can be hired for your next contract project. Charles expertise covers the areas of A/V integration, touchscreen programming, creation of original devices, and much more. Charles created Technogumbo as a way to share lessons learned while making original products.

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Charles
Charles
November 1, 2009 09:24 am

In trying to finish up the RC Intercptor project I have found that for some reason I am having transmission issues with Crunchbang and the 701s wireless interface. It's not obvious when doing intermittent traffic like web browsing, but becomes very evident when using Red5 to stream video and audio streams. I tested the exact same applications on an old junk windows machine and the video does not exhibit the same loss issues. I also tested with the wired connection on the 701 and there are not loss issues either.

Brockp
Brockp
August 17, 2009 11:16 am

Only 80.4 MB of memory in use after boot? Jezz I can barely get by on a few hundred on my mac. (10.5)

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