This netbook (and also the EeePC 1025CE) contains an Intel N2800 Atom processor (Cedar Trail) that it comes with a GMA3600 graphics processor. The processor is a 64 bit processor but the 64 bit instruction set has been disabled from the bios so you need to get a 32 bit distribution.
The GMA3600 is based (like the GMA500/Poulsbo) on PowerVR core so you need a recent kernel with the GMA3600 driver that is required if you want to use the right screen resolution (1024×600) on your netbook.
Unlikely other intel graphics processors this one has been badly supported by the linux kernel, but recently the support to this graphics processor has been added but you need to install a 3.4 kernel on your (K)ubuntu system if you want everything working without ugly workarounds. The graphics driver provided by the kernel doesn’t support 3D acceleration that anyway is not required if you want to have graphics effects. There are also some closed source drivers (with 3D acceleration) available but I didn’t tried them.
The GMA500/GMA3600 driver is not included by default on Ubuntu 3.4 kernel so I’ve built a kernel with that driver and Atom optimizations enabled. You can use it also on any other laptop with a GMA3600 graphics core.
(K)ubuntu installation:
If you want to install kubuntu on this netbook you need to do the following steps:
- Download a 32 bit version of Kubuntu (64 bits support has been disabled from the bios)
- Install Kubuntu
- Download linux-kernel-3.4.0-030400-generic_3.4.0-030400.201205210521_i386.tar
- Open a terminal and type:
- tar xf linux-kernel-3.4.0-030400-generic_3.4.0-030400.201205210521_i386.tar
- dpkg –install linux-image-3.4.0-030400-generic_3.4.0-030400.201205210521_i386.deb linux-headers-3.4.0-030400_3.4.0-030400.201205210521_all.deb linux-headers-3.4.0-030400-generic_3.4.0-030400.201205210521_i386.deb
- reboot your system
How to build an Ubuntu kernel with GMA500 support:
If you don’t like to use my kernel package you can build the kernel by yourself. You just need to read this howto, to get vanilla kernel, to download ubuntu patches and to enable CONFIG_DRM_GMA500 and CONFIG_DRM_GMA3600.
Suspend:
Suspension causes graphics corruption (and a reboot is needed after that).
Sound (EeePC 1025C specific):
You need to configure ALSA/Pulse audio to use always mono output for the internal speaker otherwise you’ll hear only one audio channel.
Wifi (EeePC 1025C specific):
Supported: you don’t need to install anything else.
Webcam (EeePC 1025C specific):
Supported: you don’t need to install anything else.