On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 04:46:17PM -0500, 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? > Xandros nee Corel - a distant cousin, but Debian based.
> Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have > come up? Is installing it easy, hard? > Planet.debian today - add a 16MB USB stick to boot from and install Debian over wireless. Easiest install ever, apparently. > 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.) > Entirely up to you. Some people find that the keyboard is too small: if you were going to use it for web browsing, you might find the display too small. If you want a text only dev box that you can carry on the train and afford to replace / a terminal to carry round computer racks / a quick and dirty email and Skype machine ... it's your call. > Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate? > 4G is good - it's possible that Asus will be bringing out a larger model later in the year. A friend uses his with an external hard drive the size of a pack of playing cards. > Any other issues, beside the obvious? > > -- > Mark Allums > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
