LinuxMint 14 RC (Nadia) on Asus EeePC 1015BX

I've been searching for good operating system for my little netbook Asus EeePC 1015BX. I try many OS on this machine from Windows 7, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS and even Windows 8. But only Windows 7 which is make me comfort. Ubuntu 12 make my netbook was working so hard. Drained my battery and the system fan was always run on high speed. There is too much problem while I'm installing PCLinuxOS on it. And Windows 8 is not for netbook. I have a problem with screen resolution.

Then I saw on internet that LinuxMint was launch their latest software called Nadia. I try to install it on my Asus EeePC 1015BX and try it for a few days, I don't like live version. Installation progress is just like another linux distros, maybe it's take an hour or less to complete. But something surprise me when I have to make partition on my harddrive. Not like another distros which use a wizard for making partition. So you can let them decide how much partition you have to create. On LinuxMint, you need to decide it by yourself.

LinuxMint 14 running smooth on my Asus EeePC 1015BX. I have no serious problem until today. It's very fast and stable. I'm little bit worried with ATI Radeon chipset on this netbook. So I install the proprietary driver from AMD websites. And it's running well.

I will give you an update if there is a problem with this OS. 

Asus 1015BX Low Price High Performance

Some time ago I need a mobile computer to support my work in the field. What I need is a simple device for the need to make a report or just browse the internet and receiving email.

After looking at a wide range of products on the internet I finally decided to choose the ASUS Eee PC Netbook 1015BX. This netbook caught my attention because it has a pretty good specs for the netbook class and it also cheap.

Asus Eee PC 1015BX use AMD C60 processor with 1GHz clock speed and ATI Radeon 6290 graphics card with up to 384MB shared memory and dynamic clock speed 200MHz ~ 400Mhz which already supports DirectX 11.

Installed harddisk capacity is large enough with WDC 320 GB, while the 2GB of DDR3 memory capacity is sufficient to meet the needs of today's applications.

I tried some 3D games on this netbook and most work well even on minimum or medium setting. At least this netbook can run those games. Quite satisfactory when compared with the Intel Atom netbook.

I have tried Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 and Need For Speed ​​Shift 2. Both are capable of running well.

Disappointing to me is the sound quality is not so good. The voice is too small to listening music or watch movies even use the headset though.

But with the price $ 270 I think the ability of this netbook is more than enough.
ASUS EeePC 1015BX Full Specification :

• Processor : AMD C60 1Ghz Dual Core 64
• Graphics : ATI Radeon HD 6290 DDR3 384MB Shared Memory
• RAM : DDR3 2GB Harddisk : WDC 320GB Display : 10.1” 1024 x 600
• Sound : Realtek HD WiFi : Atheros AR9285 LAN : Atheros AR8152/8158
• Webcam : 1.3 MP

Software I’ve installed :

• Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
• CorelDraw X6 x64
• Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1 x64
• MS Office Professional 2010 x64
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
• Tony Hawks America Wasteland