Thanks, I missed this file. Roman ben(e)k dio:

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 03:15:54PM +0100, ben wrote: This is an EEE 1000 (the dmiinfo.txt file on my site shows model/serial num). It has a 1.6Ghz 32-bit Atom processor. This seems more than up for the task of running the softsynths and DSP that I absolutely require. My small ecasound daemon which has all my LADSPA plugings (CAPS amp, TAP autopanner, etc) for my Rhodes sucks up 50% CPU according to top. But everything plays. Even AMS works, no runs, glitches, or errors. The crappy hda-intel card works fine. Video updates are noticeably slower, but I don't care; I use it mostly headless. I could also plug in my USB M-Audio FastTrack and use that too, but I haven't needed to yet. For simple/cheap practice or casual gigs, this works. For the bigger gigs, or for recording/editing work I will probably continue to use my full-size, heavy/bulky, 64-bit Core 2 Duo 2.33Ghz laptop. But I may do a few optimizations on the EEE still: later JACK version, use the FastTrack, recompile kernel for 1000HZ timer, etc. Let me know what kind of CPU usage reports you-all'd like, and what tools you recommend for calculating/determining usage. -ken

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 03:40:07PM -0600, Josh Lawrence wrote: Thanks! I had several goals, somewhat intertwingled with each other: A) I needed a very light/portable device for WiFi web browsing, SSH, email, VoIP. B) I needed a more durable, smaller softsynth that took up less room on stage than my full laptop and stand/table. C) I wanted some kind of very light, low-power softsynth to do street performances with. So boiling all those down to features, I needed: 1) Smallest possible 2) Lightest possible 3) Lowest power consumption/longest battery life 4) Able to type on it and use the command line, and read the screen! 5) Reasonable hardware support in Linux (sound, WiFi, bluetooth) 6) Able to at least run Fluidsynth and a few LADSPA's (my Rhodes!! my bass!) Before I went with netbooks, I suffered through two failed approaches: Failure #1: OpenMoko phone. The software keyboard was unusable. Failure #2: A fanless 64-bit mini-ITX mobo in a custom box. It wouldn't boot off of USB flash. I'd also either have needed to make a 2x64 char LCD display for it, or use some other Linux device to shell into it, or both. So that's how I ended up with a netbook. I've since been told that the Wind's are better/faster/lighter/smaller, but I didn't know about them at the time (research isn't my strong point, and I *hate* shopping). I saw an EEE 1000 on Craigslist, a few blocks away, loaded with Linux already (Ubuntu). I looked it up and saw that Debian was well-supported on it, and figured, "OK, let's go for it". That was in November. No prob. Sometimes I wonder if my purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. Speaking of which: I was able to sell the OpenMoko at a $20 loss-- not too bad for a week's worth of hacking/testing. The mini-ITX I bought is going to end up at a friend's studio, as his new shiny 64Studio Linux box, to supplement (and hopefully eventually replace) his old G4 Mac ProTools setup. I will be re-reading the recent thread here about Silent PC's: I need an enclosure for the mini-ITX studio machine, and also a silent SATA or E-SATA hard drive for it. -ken