Comments on: New features in Easy Peasy 2.0

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:31:44 +0000

Devlin, it’s correct that easy peasy is using the Ubuntu Netbook Remix interface. It’s a different kernel and other stuff as well. Take a look here: http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Blueprint:_Easy_Peasy_8.10

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:30:18 +0000

Cyrus, there is talk about making a Base version for people who want to make their own customization of Easy Peasy and people with Asus Eee 2G. It’s not decided though

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:29:11 +0000

Thanks das_coach! We’ll have to look into what kernel to use. Ubuntu seems to be going for 2.6.28.2. Adam hasn’t updated his kernels since November last year. Robert (https://launchpad.net/~robert-kolner) is looking into customizing the kernel and will probably look into whether x28x or x29x-rc is the way to go :)

By: das_coach

das_coach — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:57:31 +0000

using kernel 2.6.29-rc3 improved the wireless signal of my aspire one very much and my internal mic works fine with it (just a suggestion=) ). to make the cardreaders hot-pluggable, just add the following options for the pciehp-module:
options pciehp pciehp_force=1
install sdhci for i in 2381 2382 2383 2384; do /usr/bin/setpci -d 197b:$i AE=47; done; /sbin/modprobe –ignore-install sdhci

it shows some ‘device couldn’t be added’ errors at boot, but the cardreaders will work fine…greetz from germany, das_coach

By: Cyrus Kube

Cyrus Kube — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:36:26 +0000

will there be a version for 2GB Flashdrive Netbooks?

By: Devlin

Devlin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:24:40 +0000

Isn’t Easy Peasy just Ubuntu Netbook Remix with a different splash screen? It looks exactly the same. I’ve been running UNR since I bought my Aspire One in October and all the screen shots of Easy Peasy (Ubuntu Eee) looks identical.

By: William

William — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:01:10 +0000

So glad you’re tackling this project. Looks wonderful so far. Installed it on Acer Aspire One (the one with XP on it) and it looks good. Had trouble with Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.2 rc’s getting the wifi working. EasyPeasy worked the wifi out of the box. Must admit, not fond of the name, but what’s in a name if it works. Good luck and thanks so much.

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:23:49 +0000

Thanks for your feedback everybody!

Stephen Collins, Very glad to hear that you feel Easy Peasy beats OS X :)
We won’t include Dropbox till it’s well integrated into the OS, which would mean an option for syncing the whole home dir, getting a dropbox account with your easy peasy account, system preferences backup synced etc.
Ideas on how to have it integrated?

mg, have you tried wicd (http://wicd.sourceforge.net)? Do you like it better than Network Manager, which comes with Easy Peasy 1.0?

EasyPeasy, Sounds interesting. Will have to look into it

Vishnu Rao, the thing with Evolution is that it supports Microsoft Exchange and is integrated into the Gnome (ex: tasks viewable in the clock applet)

By: Vishnu Rao

Vishnu Rao — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:26:40 +0000

Thunderbird instead of Evolution would be nice. If Easy Peasy could have Skype instead of Ekiga, why not Thunderbird instead of Evolution?

Comments welcome!

By: MarkyB86

MarkyB86 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:34:08 +0000

Are you going to streamline any new wallpapers in? Feel free to nab the ones I have created! http://www.cuyahogapc.com/easy/peasy.htm

By: EasyPeasy

EasyPeasy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:15:17 +0000

Hello Easy Peasy Developer,

is it possible to add an option to boot like the PudLinux Distribution.
It loads all Stuff to the RamDisk at boot time.
The PudLinux is only 256MB large.
And the EasyPeasy size exceeds the physical RAM. But is it possible to move the /var, /home, /swap to the RamDrive ? Or run without swap partition?

By: mg

mg — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:36:20 +0000

3G-Support

Jon, sure but I’m not be able to see connected provider, time, radio state a.s.o.

3G missing functions …
- provider info
- lock provider
- signal strength
- online time
- online traffic
- switch radio on / off
…
Some of them supported by umtsmon allready.

Nice to have, two state aplet icons, because …
- radio on / off is not equal with the state online, state online is a second step (like mobilephone).
- supports internet access to third devices, wlan xor lan => 3G (Eee as router) …

By: Stibbons

Stibbons — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:23:40 +0000

Hi.
I would definitely be so happy with new feature, but I would rather advise focussing first on consolidation the current version and fixes the most important issues so far if you want to be able to build on it:
- Fn-F2 wifi on/off switch doesn’t works on my EEE1000H, it’s is unthinkable a PC would crash when I want to disable wifi.
- Sound server crash/hangs so often, so maybe considering replacing pulseaudio by jack or alsa is relevant
- functions keys must all work and/or be adaptable easilly.

I’m not saying to forget about adding new feature, but I used to work for a company that was making the most awful mistake : not taking time to correct essential bug and only was thinking in term of new feature.

By: Stibbons

Stibbons — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:20:18 +0000

Hi.
I would definitely be so happy with new feature, but I would rather advise focussing first on consolidation the current version and fixes the most important issues so far if you want to be able to build on it:
- Fn-F2 wifi on/off switch doesn’t works on my EEE1000H, it’s is unthinkable
- Sound server crash/hangs so often, so maybe considering replacing pulseaudio by jack or alsa is relevant
- functions keys must work and/or be adaptable easilly.

I’m not saying to forget about adding new feature, but I used to work for a company that <

By: Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:10:40 +0000

The movie looks very sweet – very much like Growl (which I’m sure is the inspiration).

Dropbox inclusion would be a complete dealmaker for me. I already ue Dropbox, so having it available out of the box would be awesome.

I’ve had a hacked version of OS X on my Eee 1000H since I bought it, but installed Easy Peasy yesterday. I’m not going back, as I don’t need the OS weight on a netbook. As distros go, this is a great piece of work. If you need any end user testing done, I’d be happy to help out.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:49:56 +0000

I want to help you with the pre-installed SD card stuff, please contact me soon.

By: Sorriento

Sorriento — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:35:49 +0000

gzip, how could Ebente be better than Easy Peasy? lol…

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Vorschau Easy Peasy 2.0 | mgBlog — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:17:16 +0000

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By: gzip

gzip — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:51:52 +0000

Someone recommended the name Ebente. I think it’s clever and much better than Easy Peasy (wtf).

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:16:44 +0000

mg, that already exist with the network manager included in Easy Peasy 1.0. It’s built for 3G connections :)

Malcolm Bastien, we’re working on an IRC channel. We might include web apps – thanks for the tip. It’s nothing more than a link, so we don’t feel it’s that important

By: mg

mg — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:52:31 +0000

More and more netbooks with integrated 3G exists. Whats about 3G-Control and / or -notifications? :-)

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:06:15 +0000

Sounds good. How about including more web apps pre-included in the menus using Prism? For me that’s just how I tend to work on my netbook.

(Is there an easy peasy IRC channel yet?)