-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/07/08 21:14, Mark Allums wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 04/07/08 16:46, Mark Allums wrote: >>> I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more >>> experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again. >>> >>> What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any >>> relationship to Debian? >> >> This is going to sound snarky, but... >> >> Google is a *wonderful* tool. And so it Wikipedia. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Software >> the pre-installed Xandros operating system >> >> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5557994061.html >> Xandros-Linux powered laptop to be worth the price. > > > > I try and avoid Wikipedia unless necessary.
The 2nd or third entry was the desktoplinux.com page. A better 1st question would have been: how near to Debian is the highly-modified Xandros that the Eee PC uses? > Perhaps that single > question could be answered with more diligence on my part, but I hoped > that I would get responses from people who have used the machine and had > something to add, more useful information than one usually gets from > news blurbs. Wikipedia might be useful for that, and might not; it's > awfully politicized. This list, though, is great for having people who > have opinions and aren't afraid to share them, and it has no editorial > board that would affect the content. For asking about Barak Obama, that's a justifiable opinion. But not for non-controversial stuff. >>> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have >>> come up? Is installing it easy, hard? >>> >>> How is the experience? Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody >>> be a better choice? (Assume I can't use a Macbook Air, or other >>> high-end ultra portable. For whatever reasons.) >>> >>> Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate? >>> >>> Any other issues, beside the obvious? > > > Again, looking for people who have actually used the machine, especially > with Debian itself, not Xandros or Ubuntu (Knoppix okay, though). XP is > Right Out. > > What are your thoughts, now that you have had some time to think about it? Because I haven't use the EeePC, I didn't even venture an answer to something I know nothing of. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH+t2HS9HxQb37XmcRAlK0AKC1DuDciuLOtdHTSfz06U5JA/OljACZAchx kcklvaryu/Hx4nHRMzjQTOI= =A91p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
