My Moblin 2.0 Beta Experience
Moblin 2.0 on Asus Eee PC 1000HE
Moblin 2.0 is a Linux based operating system designed specifically for Intel Atom based netbooks. It is one of the lite OS around that promises ease of use and completeness at the same time. I just downloaded a copy of a Live USB image so I gave it a shot to have some little testing.
After I byte-copied the .img file to my 1GB USB, I booted up my 1000HE with the newest Live USB I have. So far, Moblin 2.0 has the coolest user interface I have experienced, showing very minimalist icons and windows. Apart from the UI being cool, it also very user-friendly, collecting each application shortcuts in separate categories to guide users where to go to. When it comes to boot speed, it is also pretty fast.
One thing I tried to test on first boot was the wifi and internet connections. Moblin seems to detect a Wi-Fi network and it tells that I am connected. But when I tried to access online websites like my blog, it seems like it’s not connected and instead will still try to use the wired connection even if it is disabled. Though the problem might not be the OS. I didn’t try to troubleshoot too.
Another feature I tested was the video and multimedia. MP3 files are welcomed by the multimedia player, however, the video files that used to play on VLC player didn’t even produce a little sound.
And last thing, I know this is for atom based netbooks only so when I tried using the Live USD on my Eee PC 701, it gives a kernel error.
Oh! And by the way, to those who complain about their flash drives being corrupted (being asked to format the drive) after the Live .img file has been copied, don’t mind the error. You flash drive is fine and it will still boot. But you can never add new files to the drive in Windows.
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