Comments on: Linux is Part of Asus’s Long Term Plan http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/ Keeping you in the loop with up-to-date Linux news. Thu, 15 May 2008 23:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: manny http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1157 manny Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:31:08 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1157 @cybersekkin yes, the Japanese eeePC is also $70 USD more expensive because it comes with win XP ... (USD $470) am sure many stores will start importing the linux version (USD $399) @cybersekkin

yes, the Japanese eeePC is also $70 USD more expensive because it comes with win XP … (USD $470)

am sure many stores will start importing the linux version (USD $399)

]]> By: InTheLoop http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1138 InTheLoop Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:30:09 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1138 I am suprised that Asus does not sell the Eee with Linux in some other countries. Thanks for pointing that out. Here in the US, you can only get the Eee with Linux. (Asus does plan to introduce an XP version soon, though.) Reshadat - Here in the US, the Linux Eee PC comes with a customized and simplified version of Xandros running KDE. I am suprised that Asus does not sell the Eee with Linux in some other countries. Thanks for pointing that out. Here in the US, you can only get the Eee with Linux. (Asus does plan to introduce an XP version soon, though.)

Reshadat - Here in the US, the Linux Eee PC comes with a customized and simplified version of Xandros running KDE.

]]> By: me http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1125 me Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:27:13 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1125 I _really_ hope this leads to greater use of linux in bios: http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot That is from boot: graphical, more useful, w/ grub, etc, etc... Imagine if all you wanted to do was listen to music/watch a video. What if all this existed in bios with no need to boot a full fledged OS.... I _really_ hope this leads to greater use of linux in bios:

http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot

That is from boot: graphical, more useful, w/ grub, etc, etc…

Imagine if all you wanted to do was listen to music/watch a video. What if all this existed in bios with no need to boot a full fledged OS….

]]> By: josh http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1121 josh Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:37:34 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1121 I just went to a giant TESCO/LOTUS superstore here in Bangkok the other day, and every laptop and desktop on sale was preloaded with Linux in various distros that i had never heard of. Not sure if people are buying these machines and sticking with linux, or if they're loading up XP from the freely available bootleg CDs in shops around town. I just went to a giant TESCO/LOTUS superstore here in Bangkok the other day, and every laptop and desktop on sale was preloaded with Linux in various distros that i had never heard of. Not sure if people are buying these machines and sticking with linux, or if they’re loading up XP from the freely available bootleg CDs in shops around town.

]]> By: Reshadat http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1118 Reshadat Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:56:14 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1118 Linux is far more powerful than Windows. The fact that ASUS is supporting Linux is really good. Although I haven’t seen any Linux based Eee PC here in India. But I hope that they'll be launched soon. At my site, I generally ask people to switch to Linux. Especially when it can be customized a lot! Anybody know which distro of Linux they provide? Linux is far more powerful than Windows. The fact that ASUS is supporting Linux is really good. Although I haven’t seen any Linux based Eee PC here in India. But I hope that they’ll be launched soon. At my site, I generally ask people to switch to Linux. Especially when it can be customized a lot! Anybody know which distro of Linux they provide?

]]> By: Maarten Kooiker http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1116 Maarten Kooiker Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1116 That's good news I'd say! I must admit that I would never buy the EEPC (I don't really like laptops, let alone if they are tiny), but surely the next computer I will buy, will be one with GNU/Linux installed! That’s good news I’d say! I must admit that I would never buy the EEPC (I don’t really like laptops, let alone if they are tiny), but surely the next computer I will buy, will be one with GNU/Linux installed!

]]> By: pubed http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1105 pubed Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:46:30 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1105 A huge success without Windoze :) A huge success without Windoze :)

]]> By: Derek Buranen http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1104 Derek Buranen Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:54:54 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1104 It's too bad Asus doesn't update their repositories very often. We've only seen one update to skype. Also, really too bad they didn't use Ubuntu and instead chose that Xandros variant without network manager. No network manager on a mobile device seems very... dumb! Thankfully, many people use Ubuntu and there's a simple ubuntu-eee script out there to work out the eee pc Ubuntu kinks. It’s too bad Asus doesn’t update their repositories very often. We’ve only seen one update to skype. Also, really too bad they didn’t use Ubuntu and instead chose that Xandros variant without network manager. No network manager on a mobile device seems very… dumb!

Thankfully, many people use Ubuntu and there’s a simple ubuntu-eee script out there to work out the eee pc Ubuntu kinks.

]]> By: mathieu http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1102 mathieu Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:04:23 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1102 this might finally fix bug #1! and it's a company I've supported for years for the quality of their product. Asia can do good too! go asus! this might finally fix bug #1! and it’s a company I’ve supported for years for the quality of their product. Asia can do good too! go asus!

]]> By: directhex http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1100 directhex Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:54:07 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/#comment-1100 So... does this mean I can start expecting some action in response to Linux-related bugs with other Asus kit? Such as the terrible network and frequency scaling issues with the P5WDG2? So… does this mean I can start expecting some action in response to Linux-related bugs with other Asus kit? Such as the terrible network and frequency scaling issues with the P5WDG2?

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