Eldis
October 2nd, 2009, 08:14 PM
Hey,
I've been trying to get my Wife to switch over to ubuntu for a while now but unfortunately on her EEE PC 1000 (can't remember what version I bought her). XP + Chrome seem to be faster than Ubuntu netbook remix + firefox.
The main problem is flash and multimedia filled pages like most news sites are these days. One other major problem is scrolling.
Since it's a netbook you scroll using the down button. In firefox you can setup "smooth" scrolling which is fine but it's bit too slow as in it moves too few lines down for each increment of time and the other is that it keeps moving even after you have stopped pressing it. Everything else in the linux enviroment in my opinion can and will be better. I just need some way to make basic web browsing more enjoyable and it would be a done deal.
To be fair when I use the eee pc with firefox it's quite slow compared to chrome even on XP so it's not entirely a ubuntu problem. The scrolling seems to be a linux problem since it will stop browsing down instantly on XP when you stop pressing.
I've been trying to get my Wife to switch over to ubuntu for a while now but unfortunately on her EEE PC 1000 (can't remember what version I bought her). XP + Chrome seem to be faster than Ubuntu netbook remix + firefox.
The main problem is flash and multimedia filled pages like most news sites are these days. One other major problem is scrolling.
Since it's a netbook you scroll using the down button. In firefox you can setup "smooth" scrolling which is fine but it's bit too slow as in it moves too few lines down for each increment of time and the other is that it keeps moving even after you have stopped pressing it. Everything else in the linux enviroment in my opinion can and will be better. I just need some way to make basic web browsing more enjoyable and it would be a done deal.
To be fair when I use the eee pc with firefox it's quite slow compared to chrome even on XP so it's not entirely a ubuntu problem. The scrolling seems to be a linux problem since it will stop browsing down instantly on XP when you stop pressing.