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Asus Eee PC 1000HE
Introduction
One Day Computing…almost. With a little tweaking, everything works fine and about 7-8 hours of battery life is doable.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus Eee PC 1000HE. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus Eee PC 1000HE page on LapWik.
Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus Eee PC 1000HE specifications page.
| Name | Asus Eee PC 1000HE |
| Processor | Intel® Atom N280 1.66Ghz |
| Screen | 10.2“ WSVGA Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 1GB |
| HDD | 160GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel GMA 950 |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet 802.11b/802.11g/802.11n wireless LAN mini PCI-E card |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Working | out of the box |
| Screen | Working | out of the box |
| HDD | Working | out of the box |
| Graphics | Working | 3d Support and 1024×600 ok |
| Sound | Working | hda intel |
| Ethernet | Working | 10/100mbit |
| Wireless | Working | ath9k / WPA personal / 54mbit |
| Bluetooth | works but needs more testing | had to enable BT by hand, the openSuse packages I installed appear to support audio and input only, may be software/package related |
| Modem | Not Tested | well, no Modem here… |
| USB | all ports working | out of the box |
| Card Reader | Working | out of the box |
| Webcam | Working | needs to e enabled in BIOS to be recognized, works with lvcview |
Notes
Installed Distro: openSUSE 11.1 - 32 bit / Kernel: 2.6.27.21.0.1-pae i686 currently running KDE 4.2.2 as Windowmanager. Desktop effects working (Cube). Setting up a dual booting system with XP home via grub was easy. Minor problems with the fixed size of certain windows not displaying fully in 1024×600 (Amarok 1.4.10 configuration e.g). Other than that, no showstoppers found. There is an EEEPc related Repository for open SuSE 11.1 here:
Summary
I'm impressed with the battery and the relative ease of installation (used a bootable USB Stick to install).
