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Best OS for EEE Pc

Hi there Geeks. I need some advice. I have an EEE PC 900HD
Specs are Intel 900 MHz, 1 gb ram, 160 hdd
I've tried XP (its slow) , Ubuntu 9.10 (slow) , Ubuntu 9.04 (slow) , Ubuntu 8.* (slow the both versions) even DSL (damn small linux) (working but no working drivers) , Ubuntu 7.10 (perfect I may say but some times laggy but no working drivers) so Geeks i need some advice. Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by reaper on January 19, 2010 at 6:40pm
you expect speed out of a machine that has less than 1ghz and only a gig of ram ?!? lol

have you tried the lighter windows 2000 or a another linux distro such as fedora or mint?
Permalink Reply by reaper on January 19, 2010 at 6:52pm
atoms are based off pentium 4's.......ah so thats why they suck lol :)
Permalink Reply by reaper on January 19, 2010 at 7:23pm
i just didn't like heating up my room for a p4 overclock heh

atoms are subpar processors that just need better subsystems
Permalink Reply by Zach on January 19, 2010 at 7:49pm
Xubuntu maybe? Did you really find xp slow? because it is blazing fast on my old eee pc 701, of course that one has an SSD so maybe thats why.
Permalink Reply by Razvan on January 20, 2010 at 3:21pm
what version of xubuntu do you recomand ?
Permalink Reply by Jorge on January 20, 2010 at 3:47pm
I can recommend 3 options that were created exclusively for netbooks.

1. Ubuntu netbook remix
2/3. Linpus Lite OR Linpus Linux QuickOS
Permalink Reply by Razvan on January 24, 2010 at 11:50am
hey dude thanks, i was looking like for 3 month for Linpus..
Permalink Reply by Razvan on May 4, 2010 at 6:14pm
Linpus isn't free :( so I'm still sticking to XP
Permalink Reply by Gibson on May 4, 2010 at 6:22pm
Linux is free, XP Should run fine on that speed of processor, and with 1GB of ram that is optimal for windows 7 Home premium or Home basic even (basic is kinda gay cause u dont get to change ur wall paper) But you don't seam to meet requirements for any windows versions over XP.

So Keep with that. You got enough ram for basic tasks, not a worry.
Permalink Reply by Razvan on May 4, 2010 at 6:27pm
the problem is when i install 7 the wifi driver won't work :(
Permalink Reply by Gibson on May 4, 2010 at 10:03pm
i don't expect their to be Drivers for windows 7, Seeing as it doesn't even meet required specs to run the OS alone. It by far Beats the ram req but not CPU speed.

You should have all drivers good with Windows XP.
Did this Netbook by chance come pre-loaded with any other OS then windows.
Permalink Reply by implying implications on May 4, 2010 at 9:21pm
i think people's standards are too high, just be happy with what you have, i though xp ran brilliantly on a 450mhz Pentium 3 with 256mb of ram, and your machine is clearly more capable.

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