On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:15:07 +0100 Maurycy Zarzycki <sk...@tlen.pl> wrote:
> Hello, > > I hope this is the right place to ask. Recently I got under my care an > unmanaged Debian VPS, and I kinda grew to like it rather much, so an > idea struck me to install Debian on my netbook. I primarily use it for > PHP and AS3 development (pure as3, no flash professional flash-educated > folks) but I'd certainly like to play some logic games on it too, > presumably even windows games... > > My Netbook is MSI Wind U100, the specs: > <http://www.umpcportal.com/products/MSI/Wind/U100> though I have 2GB of > RAM and bigger HD. Let me list my concerns to make it easier: > * There is some kind of visual interface... Right? Don't understand this question. > * I am pretty sure any OS is fine for PHP and AS3 development, so > that's not a problem, but what about support for Debugger flash players > (standalone and in-browser) for Debian, no major problems? What are "Debugger flash players"? > * Will it be feasible to run some kind of Virtual Box on it to play > windows games (logical games mostly) Don't know. > * I have an external HD formatted as NTFS, will there be no problems > with accessing its data? I don't have much experience with NTFS, but I'm pretty sure that whatever kernel / userspace support is available in the linux world is available in Debian (but you may want Sid to get the most advanced versions). > * When, once, I wanted to install Ubuntu on my drive I had to format > partition into some never-ever-heard-before file system architecture, > would I have to format my stuff too? Don't understand what you're asking here. > * Since my netbook doesn't have a CD Rom and I don't have access to an > external one, I'd like to keep winXP on my system in case I want to go > back, any possibilities of doing so? Sure. > * Is there some guide on installing Debian from USB drive? http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html ISTR hearing that there was some work being done on making this process easier / less painless, but I can't find a link, and I don't know the status of the work. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110124161327.adc50ac7.cele...@gmail.com