After a bit of testing, I am glad to say it does! It’s been about forever since my last update because I’ve been so busy with school. All stuff like my blog has gone on the back burner. At any rate, I figured I should post an update to my 2G Surf situation because most of my hits are Eee PC related.
I think I finally found a winning combination for my 2G Surf. In addition to running eeebuntu-base, I have installed the LXDE desktop environment. To do this, I just had to apt-get it:
sudo apt-get install lxde
It ends up taking a grand total of about 10 megs of HDD space; telling of its lightweight properties. Before you can switch over fully, you also need to install a new network manager. Because—and you’ll be surprised I figured this out on my own—GNOME Network Manager doesn’t work when you’re not in a GNOME session. Surprising, I know.
I used WICD. Now before you get too far in, I’d like to say a few things to, er…warn you about wicd. WICD is no GNOME Network Manager. The interface is clunky and it has a tendency to hang. But, it is faster than GNOME Network Manager. It will connect you to a sercured wireless network about three times as fast. It also hides less information about the specifics of the wireless connection. So let me just set you straight: WICD does work and it works well. It ain’t pretty even when it does work; but it does work. Again, you can apt-get this:
sudo apt-get install wicd
And that’s about it. Reboot your laptop. At the login screen, click the sessions button and select LXDE. When you log in, just make LXDE the default. And there you go! Now you have eeebuntu-base without all the demands of GNOME. Why, I bet you’d even be able to watch a youtube video!
