Tuxradar have recently completed a group test of four Linux distributions to evaluate each on features, usability and suitability towards their intended target; netbooks. All were tested on the Asus Eee PC 701, featuring the 900Mhz Celeron processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage.
Of the netbook distributions which were tested, three were optimised for the Asus Eee PCs, while the remaining is targeted for netbooks in general, but comes with the Everet netbook. The distributions in question are Xandros, which comes default with the Eee PC, EeeXubuntu, Pupee and last but not least, gOS.
The results are interesting and will be a worthy read for any Eee PC enthusiast wanting to know more about various operating system options for their Eee PC.
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They tested a small number of distributions so they’re likely to leave out a lot of favorites. For the eeePC 701 the best OS I’ve tried is EasyPeasy (used to be Ubuntueee)
It’s a shame that they chose to use a 701 for testing since the cast majority of today’s netbooks are running Intel Atoms and not the Celeron. I’d much rather see how well these distros are optimized for the Atom.
I like the new Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 on my 701…
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