Archive for the 'Asus Eee' Category
If you had to pick 1 accessory for your EeePC
I am not usually in the habit of recommending anything, but I bought the Targus PA248U Tornado Notebook Chill Pad
If you could only afford 1 accessory, I would recommend the P248.
How to create a EeePCLinuxOS LiveUSB with VirtualBox
Filed under: Asus Eee, eeePCLinuxOS | Tags: pclinuxos, usb, virtualbox
Comments(1) I was having all types of trouble trying to create a bootable CD from the eeePCLinuxOS iso file, so I decided to try installing from the iso directly to a USB flash drive. I am running a Windows Vista PC and decided I would try using VirtualBox to boot the iso and attach the USB drive. This also helps everyone by not creating an additional CD that will shortly end in the trash.
What you will need.
Once you have installed VirtualBox, you are ready to create a new virtual machine.
Photo management with ImageMagick
Filed under: Asus Eee, ImageMagick | Tags: ImageMagick, photos, pictures
Comments(0) We just got back from a trip to Los Cabos and on the trip there I took the latest issue of Linux Magazine with us. They had an excellent article on using ImageMagick to manage your photos. So before taking off, I quickly installed ImageMagick on my ASUS eeePC. With it installed, I was able to quickly convert all of the photos to the tiff format and resize them to a more viewable size. Then I uploaded them to flicker so that my family and friends could see them.
The holidays are over and your new digital camera is bursting at the seams. Before setting up a photo gallery on your website, you need to sort through the photos and put together a few preview shots. Normally, you would fire up GIMP, open a single photo, process it, resize it, and then save it, repeating this process until you have sorted through all your photos. This method could eat up hours of your busy weekend.
The great eeePC
Filed under: Asus Eee, Sub Notebook | Tags: asus, eee, eeepc, subnotebook
Comments(0) I have been using an eee for about 2 weeks now and can’t image life without it. In that time I have used the default Xandros OS, eeeDora, eeeXubuntu and now Linux Lime. I just can’t believe anyone would even consider using Windows on this thing. Read the review and judge for yourself whether this is anything but awesome out of the box. I have heard alot of complaints about the resolution, but after a couple of hours, you can easily get used to it. And the Xandros Easy mode can be easily used by anyone.
eeePC webcam w/ UCView on Linux Mint
Filed under: Asus Eee, Linux, Linux Mint | Tags: asus, eeepc, Linux Mint
Comments(1) It was very simple to get the webcam working. If anyone knows a better way, please respond.
- Go here to find details on adding the repository. You can should use the Ubuntu 7.10 repository and add it in the Package Manager in Mint.
- At the bottom of the same page, make sure to save the GPG public key. Remember where you saved the public key to.
- Open a terminal and run the following command to add the key.
# sudo apt-key add public.key
# sudo apt-get update - After the update is complete, you are ready to install ucview.
# sudo apt-get install ucview - To run ucview..
# /usr/bin/ucview
Install Linux Mint on ASUS eeePc with USB
Filed under: Asus Eee, Linux, Linux Mint | Tags: asus, eeepc, Linux Mint
Comments(18) Required Files
fixmint
Linux Mint
I started by following the directions here until I got to step 7. At this point I was never able to get the USB drive bootable. Below are the steps that I followed and successfully install Linux Mint on my eee.
* (Updated 6.23.2008) I later discovered that the reason I was never able to be the USB drive to be bootable was because of the order in which I inserted the USB drive. In order to have fixmint recognize the USB flash drive, you should have it plugged in before running fixmint. Fixmint adds all the current drives to the makeboot.bat file when it is run. If you run fixmint without the USB drive connected, it will not recognize the USB drive. So either you need to insert the USB drive first or modify the makeboot.bat file afterwards to include the appropriate drive.
- Format my USB drive with FAT32.
- Created a directory on my local PC.`C:\Temp\LinuxM`.
- Download the Linux Mint iso image. I keep mine in a directory on a secondary drive. After the download was complete, I copied it over to the `C:\Temp\LinuxM` directory.
- Download fixmint.exe to the `C:\Temp\LinuxM` directory. Then I ran the fixmint.exe executable.
- Run the fixmint.bat batch file. You can just double-click on it from Windows explorer if you choose.
- Open the command prompt. Change to the directory where you created the LinuxM directory. Change directories to the mint\syslinux\win32 directory. Mine is `C:\Temp\LinuxM\mint\syslinux\win32`. In this win32 directory is a file called syslinux.exe. For some reason none of my Windows machines recognized any of my USB drives as removable (Probably why the makeboot.bat didn’t work). In order to get around this I ran the following command, K is the drive letter of my USB drive.
# syslinux.exe -fma K: // Change K: to the drive letter of your USB drive. - At this point we can copy over the content of the mint directory over to the USB drive.
# xcopy /s *.* K:\ // Change K: to the drive letter of your USB drive.
Subnotebooks with larger displays
Filed under: Asus Eee, HP 2133 | Tags: asus, eeepc, HP 2133, Linux, subnotebook
Comments(0) Try to find a negative review on the ASUS eeePC 701 and you will be searching for a long time. This thing is the best toy I have purchased in years. Now there are competitors offering larger displays, bigger drives, and more RAM.
There is a good comparison over here of the eeePC 900 and the HP 2133. But the bigger the display becomes, the bigger the device will be. One of the things that set the eee apart from any UMPC currently available was the size and the price.
And why does everyone think running Windows is absolutely required. I love having a device that doesn’t run Windows and is so mobile.
How to upgrade OpenOffice on Xandros for eeePC
Filed under: Asus Eee, Linux, openoffice | Tags: asus, eee, install from source, Linux, openoffice
Comments(0) For those of you who are new to linux, upgrading to OpenOffice may be a daunting task without using the Synaptic Package Manager, but don’t fret over it. The folks over at eeePC.net have provided details on doing the installation.
There is a problem with OpenOffice 2.0 bundled with Asus EEE PC. This version is not capable to open some extensions, which are important. You might want to upgrade OpenOffice.org to work on those extensions.
Installing Xfce 4.4.2 on the eeePC w/ EeeXubuntu
Filed under: Asus Eee, EeeXubuntu, Xfce | Tags: asus, eee, eeepc, EeeXubuntu, Xcfe, Xfce 4.4.2
Comments(0) After installation of eeeXubuntu on the ASUS eeePc, I wanted to install the latest version of Xfce, which is 4.4.2. I used the graphical installer from the Xfce.org website. For the most part, I followed the documentation. I didn’t have to install gcc and cpp, as I already had the newest releases. And the document doesn’t mention libxml2-dev libvte-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libhal-storage-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libjpeg62-dev, but when I started the installation, I found I needed to install these as well.
# sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libice-dev libsm-dev libxpm-dev gcc cpp libxml2-dev libvte-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libhal-storage-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libjpeg62-dev
New WordPress theme created with eeePC
Filed under: Asus Eee, WordPress | Tags: asus, eee, eeepc, WordPress, wordpress theme
Comments(0) Today I finished the first phase of the new theme for ILearnedItOnline. What makes this special you ask? Well, the entire theme was created on the ASUS eeePC 701 using ActiveState Edit. There will be more changes to the site over the next couple of weeks as I add additional content. I will admit that it would have been much easier to do if I had attached an external monitor, but I wanted to do everything with the eee alone.
