Open Suse 11.1 on Asus Eee PC 1000HE

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Asus Eee PC 1000HE

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Introduction

One Day Computing…almost. With a little tweaking, everything works fine and about 7-8 hours of battery life is doable.
Specifications

For full specifications see the Asus Eee PC 1000HE specifications page.
Name Asus Eee PC 1000HE
Processor Intel® Atom N280 1.66Ghz
Screen 10.2” WSVGA Widescreen
RAM Up to 1GB
HDD 160GB
Optical Drive None
Graphics Intel GMA 950
Network 10/100 Ethernet
802.11b/802.11g/802.11n wireless LAN mini PCI-E card
Linux Compatibility
Device Compatibility Comments
Processor Working out of the box
Screen Working out of the box
HDD Working out of the box
Graphics Working 3d Support and 1024×600 ok
Sound Working hda intel
Ethernet Working 10/100mbit
Wireless Working ath9k / WPA personal / 54mbit
Bluetooth works but needs more testing had to enable BT by hand, the openSuse packages I installed appear to support audio and input only, may be software/package related
Modem Not Tested well, no Modem here…
USB all ports working out of the box
Card Reader Working out of the box
Webcam Working needs to e enabled in BIOS to be recognized, works with lvcview
Notes

Installed Distro: openSUSE 11.1 - 32 bit / Kernel: 2.6.27.21.0.1-pae i686 currently running KDE 4.2.2 as Windowmanager. Desktop effects working (Cube).
Setting up a dual booting system with XP home via grub was easy. Minor problems with the fixed size of certain windows not displaying fully in 1024×600 (Amarok 1.4.10 configuration e.g). Other than that, no showstoppers found. There is an EEEPc related Repository for open SuSE 11.1 here:
Summary

I'm impressed with the battery and the relative ease of installation (used a bootable USB Stick to install).