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Sunday 28 October 2007, 7:35 PM

Asus Eee and Ubuntu - more screen shots

Posted by Rupert Goodwins

As requested, here are some screen shots of various packages running on the Eee. I've hosted them on Flickr (due to some ongoing functionality issues with our content management system - ie, it doesn't do what I want), so you can click for the full size captures.

Gimp:
gimp on asus eee under ubuntu 7.10

Scribus:
scribus on asus eee under ubuntu 7.10

Blender:
blender on asus eee under ubuntu 7.10

Inkscape:
inkscape on asus eee under ubuntu 7.10

In other news: the Eee runs for two hours and forty minutes from the battery, doing intermittent light browsing but with no suspend or hibernation set. I've noticed that the screen saver doesn't douse the backlight, and that Ubuntu is easily confused about the battery state, so there's plenty of room here for tweakery.


Comments on this post

Zeirus

Very Nice, Rupert!!! :D

Now, if possible, try to connect the Asus EeePC with external monitor and change the resolution of the screen to the maximum size supported by it. If positive, the Asus EeePC have not barriers for work with these applications at normal and/or high screen resolution! :D

Many thanks for the screenshots... :D ... i post them in my blog for a new article:

Asus EeePC - Applicazioni Grafiche Avanzate (*)

* Applicazioni Grafiche Avanzate = Advanced Graphical Applications

Updated by Zeirus on Oct 29, 2007 10:40 AM

Zeirus

Ok, Rupert... ;)
Thanks to your fundamental help, the article is now on-line:

Asus EeePC - Applicazioni Grafiche Avanzate
http://zeirus.wordpress.com

;)

direct link:
http://zeirus.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/asus-eeepc-applicazioni-grafiche-avanzate/

Updated by Zeirus on Oct 29, 2007 10:38 AM

Rupert Goodwins

I plugged in an external screen and turned on - the Eee spotted it and configured itself correctly for the 1280x1024 resolution. Haven't played with that beyond this point, but it looked most usable.

Posted by Rupert Goodwins on Oct 30, 2007 6:58 PM

Zeirus

@ Rupert

Many thanks, Rupert. Now the "experiment" of Ubuntu in EeePC is totally 100% Ok! :D

Posted by Zeirus on Nov 21, 2007 7:51 AM

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