Re: [LAU] Asus EEE 1000 as new softsynth?

I must say I indeed share every bit of your excitement in respect to Linux + netbooks. I too recently got a MSI Wind (was barely over $400) and after wiping the drive and installing Linux I can only say this thing is truly amazing. In my 10+ years of using Linux I've never had this kind of experience: everything worked except wireless for which I simply compiled a driver that did not make it into Ubuntu 8.10 (for those who venture in this direction, make sure to check what kind of wireless card you have--don't trust online how-tos as my netbook needed an entirely different driver; apparently MSI has a habit of changing these things). Suspend works, hibernate works, wireless works (after a quick compile), webcam works, Skype works, little dual screen setup works without having to restart X (great for presentations), and the funniest thing ever is that the manufacturer's latest BIOS allows overclocking with a Fn+F10 (dedicated key with a nice blue icon, too!) for up to 24% extra power (AC only). As if that weren't geeky enough, when overclocking the power button changes from blue to orange. The thing comes with a 6-cell battery (~4.5 hours of battery life) and a 1.6GHz Atom that packs quite a punch for a system that typically uses less than 15Watts. Unlike EEE, though, this one does have a traditional HD, but it is a beast (160GB). Now, the coolest thing is that I have full effects running on Compiz, installed JACK, added 3 lines to limits.conf and presto, got rock solid RT performance at 512x2 using crappy built-in soundcard. Compiled Ardour 2.7 and haven't had a single xrun on a vanilla 8.10 kernel. All in all, I am a very, very happy owner of this netbook. If there is room for complaining then that would be: 1) 1024x600 resolution at times is cumbersome as some dialogs/apps by default have windows that don't allow resizing below ~650 pixels height-wise (cough, cough, ardour mixer? :-) making it a bit annoying to deal with as taskbars end-up covering the ok/cancel buttons 2) my model does not have synaptics touchpad (some claim to have it on this model, again suggesting that MSI mixes/matches parts) so no nifty scrolling features for me 3) the lack of a FW port for my FA-101. Seems like I might have to invest in an USB audio card... ico