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Samstag, 1. Oktober 2011

Horrible support of Eee PC 1005 HA in Xubuntu 11.10 Beta 2

I just tested Xubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 and experienced a horrible support for my Eee PC 1005 HA. While it worked almost perfectly in Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix (NBR), I already learned to live with the fact, that Fn+F1 (go standby) doesn't work in Xubuntu 11.04 and Fn+F2 (WLAN on/off) behaves strangely. So far so bad - Xubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 is even worse! The only things that work is adjusting screen brightness with Fn+F5/F6 and volume with Fn+F10/F11/F12. All other combinations are dead. Also the special key for deactivating the touchpad, which is quite useful while typing longer texts, doesn't work. The touchpad is just a normal touchpad in Ubuntu, while it is multitouch capable in Windows XP. It is really sad that nobody could develop a driver for the Eee PC 1005 HA and compatible touchpads in all those years. It's clear, that Linux can't be a winner over Windows, if you have to cope with so many disadvantages and you're brought back 10 years by just using Linux.

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