[[Overview of Linux Distributions for the ASUS eeePC]]
 
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Overview of Linux Distributions for the ASUS eeePC

There are many Linux distributions that work on the ASUS eeePC. Below is a chart of their features.

ACPI #1 : Fn-F1, Fn-F2,…, Fn-F9
ACPI #2 : Suspend and Hibernate
ACPI #3 : Overclocking friendly

Custom eeePC Linux Distributions

Distribution
Name 		Model # Status as of Version Ethernet Wireless Camera ACPI #1 ACPI #2 ACPI #3 Installation Type Need Partition
Before Installation? 		Ease of Use Desktop Environment or
Window Manager 		Support
by Distro 		Bootup Speed Memory used
by Install 		Hard Drive
used by Install 		Kernel Version Window Scaling
for 800×480 		Other Comments (including USB and SD cards)
ASUS
Xandros
Easy Mode 		700 series 2008-03-23 ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes ??? ??? Pre-Installed No very easy iceWM is ASUS
supporting? 		~32 s ? ? ? ? ?
ASUS
Xandros
Advanced Mode 		700 series 2008-03-23 ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes ??? ??? easy to alter
see eee wiki 		No easy KDE is ASUS
supporting? 		~40 s ? ? ? ? ?
Breezy
Debian EeeOS
EeeDora
EeePCLinuxOS 700 series 2008-04-23 Beta 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LiveCD No Easy KDE 3.5 http://EeePCLinuxOS.com/forum ~60 s ? ~680 MB 2.6.17.2 ? Compressed Filesystem, allows to put a 2GB System into a 680MB Image. Changes, installed applications etc. are stored separately, install to USB possible, easy to use utility which can enable an EasyMode overclocking or auto-login and also shows space remaining on drive
eeeXubuntu 700 series 2008-04-04 7.10-r3 ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? LiveCD Yes Easy Xfce No 2 mins 2.6.22
FREEEEE All models 2008-10-06 200810060535 Yes Yes 701 & 900 (ath5k). No 701SD, 901, 1000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Live USB/SD image No Easy Openbox & Compiz Yes 30 secs 400 megs (full-on multimedia) 2.4G 2.6.26.5-43.libre1.rt9 Unique distro. Realtime kernel with jack, so audio performance is excellent. Only distro supporting wifi with free software ath5k driver for 701/900. No wifi in 901/1000. Many packages not available in other distros. Made by BLAG and dynebolic developers.
fluxflux-eee 70x, 900/A, 901, 1000H 2008-11 en-2008-9 de-2008-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes USB-Stick or SD-Card in cardreader Yes No Openbox No PCLOS-DE-Forum 70 s in livemode 35 s in real mode Mem: 122356 2 GB installed 2.6.22.15.tex3 800×480, 1024×600 System available as ISO, ISO to boot off an external optical drive, you can create a bootable USB drive or SD(HC) out of the mounted ISO, very easy, in Linux or Windows
PupEee
Zeee
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Linux Distributions (not custom-made for eeePC)

Distribution
Name 		Model # Status as of Version Ethernet Wireless Camera ACPI #1 ACPI #2 ACPI #3 Installation Type Need Partition
Before Installation? 		Ease of Use Desktop Environment or
Window Manager 		Support
by Distro 		Bootup Speed Memory used
by Install 		Hard Drive
used by Install 		Kernel Version Window Scaling
for 800×480 		Other Comments (including USB and SD cards)
Arch Linux 700 series 2008-04-02 N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hard drive or SD card install Not necessary easy (but not for noobs) All custom kernel from dev + drivers ~15s ~90 2 - 3 Gb for complete desktop 2.6.25 Yes Installed on SD card
BackTrack
Debian
DSL
Fedora
Gentoo 700 series 2008-09-21 2008.0 Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* SDD, SD, USB No, but recommended Advanced Any Excellent Wiki, Forum, Irc Varies Varies Varies 2.6.25 Yes* All hardware works, and system operates faster then the original distribution. This Distro is for advanced users, and users who are looking to expanded their knowledge of linux. * Denotes requires user to add manually, or tweak kernel
GoboLinux
gOS
Kubuntu
Linpus
Linux Mint
Mandriva 700 series 2008-04-09 2008 Spring aka 2008.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy to setup Internal SSD or SD/SDHC card or USB key No easy but
not for noobs 		KDE 3.5.9,
Gnome 2.22,
Xfce 4, IceWM,
Fluxbox, etc 		Yes 60s~75s 300MB with:
Konqueror,
Firefox,
Konsole,
Amarok and
OOo Writer
running KDE 		Min. 1.2GB
Max. 3.5GB 		Laptop-optimized
2.6.24.4 		Yes See eeeuser Mandriva 2008.1 wiki pages
MiniMe 700 series 2008-03-23 2008 Yes but need
configuration 		Mostly with
configuration 		Waiting for
driver to be
repository 		Partly with
Configuration 		??? No hard drive install No Easy after
“advanced” installing
softwares 		KDE No 60 seconds ? don't know
exactly, but
less than 800M 		2.6.22.15.tex2 Yes Later Versions Will Not Need Configurations
Puppy Linux
Sabayon
Slackware
SuSe
Ubuntu 700 series 2008-04-16 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Yes No (*) Yes No (*) No (*) No (manual addition of kernel module required) SSD, SDHC, USB, or Live USB / Persistent install No Easy after scriptpack Gnome using metacity + compiz fusion by default; KDE, XFCE, Flux, Ice, etc, available (I have Ice working) No ~90 seconds ~300MB ~2-2.5GB 2.6.22-14 generic No, but can hotkey to fullscreen for some windows using compiz fusion (*) Items addressed with the asterisk may all be activated using an automated scriptpack http://code.google.com/p/ubuntu-eee/.
Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
Wolvix Cub
GeexBox 700 series 2008-07-15 1.1 ?
(Possible with configuration) 		No No No No No Live CD,
SD-Card or
Hard Drive
(USB-Stick didn't work) 		Yes Very easy,
keyboard only
(type M for menu) 		? GeexBox.org ? <64Mo ~8Mo 2.6.21.3 ? The GeexBox is a tiny OS that turns the EEE into a media center. It works with a menu like DVD player. Time to boot is really short (tested on SD-Card) and time to shutdown is a few seconds.
I noticed that the EEE not really shuts down, the power light keeps on. So shut it down with the power button.
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Inserting information into the table

How to correctly update the table

If you are already using another distribution, please help keep the above charts current.

  • Please update the status date if you modify anything (Please use some international standard format, e.g. 2008-03-25 rather than the US format which will be misinterpreted in many other countries.)
  • Leave a question mark if you can't figure out what to say.
  • Include information about the support by the distribution. If needed, include the size informations.
  • ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
    1. Test Fn-F1, Fn-F2,…, Fn-F9.
    2. Test if sleep (suspend to ram) and hibernate (suspend-to-disk) work.
    3. Is the eee.ko module available or easy to compile for your distribution.
  • Bootup Time = time between booting the machine to the login screen. Turn off auto-login if needed.
  • To find out memory usage, type “free” (immediately after installation).
  • To find the disk usage, type “df” (immediately after installation).
  • To find the kernel version, type “uname -a”.
  • To find what window scaling is being used, type “xrandr”.

How to start editing this page

It is easy to enter the informations into the wiki. You do NOT need to understand DokuWiki, just leave the chart pattern alone and add a few words next to the distribution you are using.

  • Go register and/or login.
  • On this page, click “edit this page” (top left).
  • Find the name of your distribution. You'll see “| distribution_name |” which is the 1st column.
  • Enter text for 2nd column (which is today date), then a | .
  • Enter text for 3rd column and another | . Repeat until you fill in the last column (which is “Other Comments”). For line breaks, use a pair of backslashes.
  • Click “save” to see the results.

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