eee pc optimizations

1. Circular Scrolling

all you need to do is edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

under "Input Device" of your touchpad edit to look like the following:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection

in firefox
mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action - Set this to '1'
mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.numlines - Set this to '1'

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:touchpad_in_advanced
run 'gsynaptics'

2. Firefox addons:
Download plug-ins for Firefox designed for compact computers and easier navigation. Some names to look for include: "Grab and Drag" and the theme "Tiny Menu."
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1250
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1455

3. Use RAMDISK in FireFox (check internet connection)
It turns out that there is a hidden setting in firefox called browser.cache.disk.parent_directory and all you need to do is set it's value to /dev/shm and restart firefox and then you are on your way to speedier surfing. so how do you set this, well it is simple

1) open firefox and type about:config in the address bar
2) accept the terms and click the "i'll be carefull" button
3) right click on any of the values on the screen to bring up the context menu and click new->string
4) the first prompt wants the name of the string enter "browser.cache.disk.parent_directory" without the quotes
5) the next prompt is the value set it to "/dev/shm/" without the quotes
6) restart firefox
7) type about:cache in the browser bar and it should tell you it is using /dev/shm under "Disk Cache Device" if you don't see a "Disk Cache Device" section you did something wrong.


4. Disable LAN and Webcam in the BIOS (Hit F2 upon starting the system) if these are not in use.

5. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:maximize_screen_space

6. *some* of the boot process splash screens can be tweaked straight 'out of the box' via Control Center > Display > Theme > Splash Screen.

7. eee pc restore
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=215613
http://www.glenscott.net/2008/11/12/restore-an-eee-pc-701-back-to-factory-xandros-from-a-usb-stick-with-no-asus-support-dvd/

8. flashplayer 10
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=48308
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_install_linux_081108.tar.gz

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http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=4102
http://forum.eeebuntu.org/viewtopic.php?t=294&reeedirected=yes

A lot of us have switched to EEEbuntu on our EEE PCs. If you are like me, who likes to keep his netbook clutter free, you will want to set up RAMdisk. And if you thought that setting up RAMdisk in Windows XP was easy (see this article), then in EEEbuntu, it is even easier.

* RAMdisk is located at “/dev/shm”
* Open firefox and type in about:config in the address bar
* Click on “I’ll be careful”
* make a new string browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
* give it a value /dev/shm
* restart firefox

Usual warning about RAMdisk: you will loose all the data upon restart. That is why, it is only recommended for web browsers


http://www.answerbag.com/articles/How-to-Optimize-an-ASUS-EEE-PC/aee034bf-bbb7-73f7-bb6b-826e0204caa0

http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2007/08/24/circular-scrolling/
For the techies, here’s the relevant section of my xorg.conf (see man synaptics for more info):

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Server Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "Core Keyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "Core Pointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection