At first I sat out to roll my own Linux distro for the Eee based on Ubuntu running a lightweight Windows Manager like fluxbox and some curses programs like rtorrent ,since I really like how fast and minimal they are on any system . What better system them the Eee to use them ?
Well, tossing stuff into the google machine turned up some promising time saving results! Crunchbang (#! )linux is a distro based on the Ubuntu minimal cd built up using openbox as the window manager . The lite version had a small amount of curses programs that I already use so I went with it being I like the minimal approach that I could build upon.Since Ubuntu 9.04 (and Crunchbang 9.04 , being that they are the same at the base ) now supports the Eee there is no need to use the Adam kernel (the Eee spec kernel) with the Eee like with ver 8.10 .it looks like this will save me alot headache all around .
It was a simple install from the bootable USB drive that I made using UNetBootin . I simply made the usb following the directions freely available all over the net for making the USB drive and then installed Crunchbang (#!) using the install feature in Crunchbang itself .
Notice the keyboard shortcuts used for launching all your commonly used programs in this next screenshot displayed in conky system monitor that installs on the desktop .This comes in real handy while using my Eee as I really hate using that little touchpad /trackpad /whatever thingy (lets hope that My touchscreen kit shows up from Hong Kong soon ) . Oh, yeah , and check out our RAM and CPU usage now . Thats much better . Your mileage may very , I have removed CUPS ( used for printing ) and such because they started at start up and were a total waste for me since I will never use this netbook to print ,but This is pretty much what I have seen on the desktop since first install minus a couple of precent CPU and a small difference in RAM here and there ,plus the new wallpaper and conky ,more on that later .
(I should add the network usage is showing the files that I just downloaded and uploaded before taking this screenshot , that indication isnt normal )
In this next shot you can see that My swap is listed , I take it that this is a bug as I don't actually have any swap space what so ever .This doesn't bother Me and I havent looked into it much , I do remember removing the swap from the conky scripts fit on my little Eee screen .
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