Cloanto are Amiga software developers since 1986, and publishers of the successful line of Amiga Forever products since 1997. A version of Amiga Forever capable of not only running, but also booting on the Asus Eee PC is planned for release in 2008. Development remains intense on additional features and add-ons, and more surprise announcements are planned for 2008.
Taiwanese PC maker Asus believes small is beautiful, and it hopes Americans agree. The company, known more as a maker of motherboards and contract computer manufacturer for the likes of Apple, has launched an ultra-small laptop. Weighing in at just two pounds, the Eee PC comes with a seven-inch screen. The mini-laptop is a major push for Asus, which had revenue of $17.4 billion in 2006, to get into the branded PC business.
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The operating system that I've have is the Linux version of the Eee PC. Before you stop reading it may be that you have some incorrect or extremely outdated impressions of what Linux is. Linux is not some text based operating system exclusively for Geeks. In fact on the Eee PC the command line is harder to find than on Windows and Linux has had a GUI almost since it was first created in the early 1990s. In fact the version of Linux used on the Eee PC OS is far easier to use and more user friendly than Windows (IMHO).
Photo edit is provided for by Picasa2 and the KDE Photo Manager application. These are good for most home users, but are not up to the same standard as Gimp which has functionality comparable with Photoshop, which will be more suited to serious amateur photographers and professionals.
The one thing that I have struggled slightly is with my printer. I have a Canon PIXMA IP4200 which has Linux drivers available for Ubuntu and other distributions, but these are not included with the Eee OS. Drivers for the Canon pixma IP4100 are included, which supports most of the features, although means I have to use the top paper loader, rather than the paper cartridge. It may also be possible to install the driver separately (I'll have to look into that), but it's a shame Asus did not include support for more printers.
Unfortunately adding more software is where the Eee OS really falls down. Although there is enough software for most peoples needs, advanced users are at some point going to want to install some more software.
It is because of this that I have looked at some other Linux distributions and I have setup dual boot capability (actually triple boot, but dual boot is a more familiar term) between Eee OS and other distributions.
The Eee PC is also available with Windows XP installed. I believe that Linux is far more suited to netbooks. One reason for this is that Windows XP is about to be phased out and support will be ending soon and there is no migration to the future versions of Windows as they are not able to run (in a useful way) within the hardware limits of most netbooks.
Some Ubuntu based netbook distros include:Ubunutu Netbook Remix the offical Ubuntu version (I've not yet tried)
Eeebuntu available in different versions - looks very good
Easy Peasy not quite so polished and seams to be designed more for the lower spec EeePC as it doesn't support the webcam on the 1000 series.
For those with more demanding requirements then one of the other Linux distributions can offer more flexibility, more software and may be better. Linux is available for free (not just to try, but forever) so it's worth trying some of the different distributions and then choosing whichever fits your requirements best.
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TALLINN - The distributor of electronic goods, ELKO Grupa, on July 14 announced the beginning of its distribution of ASUS computers in the Baltic States, reports news agency LETA. ELKO Grupa, one of the leading IT product wholesalers in Eastern Europe and one of the largest companies in Latvia, signed a cooperation agreement with information technologies company ASUS on the wholesale of ASUS notebooks, netbooks and Tablet PCs in the Baltic States, starting from July.
ELKO Grupa was founded in 1993. The company is a wholesaler of computers and electronic products in the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe, and CIS member states. The company represents more than 70 producers and sells their goods to more than 5,400 retailers, local computer producers and system integrators.
ELKO Grupa offers more than 9,000 products of the best-known brands - Acer, Intel, Microsoft, Seagate, Samsung, Sony, Western Digital and others. At the moment more than 340 people are employed in the company. ELKO belongs to several legal entities and investment fund Amber Trust and East Capital Asset Management-related investment funds.ASUS is in the top three notebook vendors and the winner of several international awards; it is one of the leading IT enterprises in the world. The company designs and manufactures products which, it says, fully satisfy the needs of the digital era both at home and at the office: notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. 2ff7e9595c
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