2009/6/1 Sean Gibbins <s...@funkygibbins.me.uk>: > Richard Danter wrote: >> And to think I bought my wife an Eee _because_ it was Linux... >> >> http://www.itsbetterwithwindows.com/ >> >> Maybe this explains why updates are no longer working (we get out of >> memory errors now, even though there is nothing extra installed). >> Guess Asus have abandoned Linux. >> >> Maybe time to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix, anyone tried it on a 901? > > I ran up Pupeee [1] on my daughter's 701 the other day and was very > impressed. It's essentially Puppy 4.2 optimised for Eee PCs. I currently > run it off a USB stick and have no intention of installing it to the SSD > (the machine is on loan from school), but it still performs well > despite that. The download is tiny and can be installed to a USB stick > on any machine with a CD/DVD, and subsequently run or installed on an > Eee PC machine. > > Worth a look, although I have not had a chance to compare it to the > Ubuntu Netbook build.
Thanks for the suggestion! Rich > > Sean > > [1] http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Pupeee > > > -- > www.funkygibbins.me.uk > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -- http://radanter.deviantart.com/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
