Ubuntu 9 10 Actually Runs on the Eeepc 701 Decently

It must have something to do with the similar version numbers, but Ubuntu 9.10 Notebook Remix (NBR) actually runs on the Eeepc 701. I got impatient waiting for the Ubuntu variants to release their 9.10 versions and installed the official release last week after hearing reports that it was much improved over 9.04 on the platform. The 9.04 notebook remix had problems even moving the mouse cursor with decent performance on the 701. It seems to be common knowledge on various forums that the 9.04 suffered from wireless packet loss and random disconnect issues which I can vouch for, especially with Atheros based chipsets. I could stream video no problem on a wired connection, but had terrible problems on wireless in 9.04. The only issue I have so far with 9.10 is that I haven't been able to easily figure out how to open system folders as root so that I can modify them unless using the command line.

I was able to get my Red5 setup working on the 701 this evening and the wireless issues are fixed on the 701 in 9.10! The live video stream was hauling to and from the client connection I had set up just like it does on my Windows machines.