Daniel James wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > >> I would like to know if there is a working driver for asus eeepc 900 with >> ethernet attansic L2 100 mbs, because ethernet doesn't work and it's no >> good for the updates. > > If you are using one of our Etch based releases, such as 2.1, then this > is probably too old to support your hardware out-of-the-box. > > Our forthcoming 3.0 release would probably work better, but until then I > would recommend that you research if there is any support for your > chipset in the 2.6.21 kernel that we use in our 2.1 release. If not, you > have the option to install a later kernel. > I believe that the 2.6.24 kernel has this driver by default. Of course you can grab the driver and build it for for the kernel that 64Studio ships with, but by default the driver for the L2 is not in 2.6.21.
IMO, a netbook is better served by a different distro with a newer kernel. I have an Asus eeePC 701 and an Aspire One. I put Xubuntu on both of these (I am still currently using 8.04, but 8.10 is the best bet for a new install on these devices). There are significant hardware limitations to this platform as the CPU in particular is far less powerful than the 1.6Ghz clock speed would lead you to believe. The ATOM 1.6Ghz is more like a hyper threaded 700Mhz PIII. There are a number of excellent reviews of this CPU on the net (Anandtech, ARS Technica to name a few) so I will not rehash that here. Consequently, I would not bother with an RT kernel or doing much in the way of effects or soft synths. They make for handy field recording devices, but their utility as a DAW is limited. Of course if you really do understand their limitations you can do amazing things with them, you just need to manage your expectations and adjust your work flow to accommodate the hardware.
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