Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/netbooks/308465-five-best-linux-netbook-oses-for-now They mention Puppy in there, which is a great OS but a bit of an acquired taste. However, depending on what hardware you are thinking of installing on, there is also Pupeee, a version of Pupeee tailored toward EeePCs. Sean I have found Pupeee works best on my eeePC 701. It very fast as it runs in memory but as Sean says it is an aquired taste. Clive Woodfine -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
At 13:37 06/11/2010, you wrote: http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/netbooks/308465-five-best-linux-netbook-oses-for-now They mention Puppy in there, which is a great OS but a bit of an acquired taste. However, depending on what hardware you are thinking of installing on, there is also Pupeee, a version of Pupeee tailored toward EeePCs. Sean I have found Pupeee works best on my eeePC 701. It very fast as it runs in memory but as Sean says it is an aquired taste. Is it a rpm or deb based distro i couldn't find much info on the site. Surprisingly a on-line Linux questionnaire recommended SuSE or fedora but i thought they were heavy distros. Martin N Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
Is it a rpm or deb based distro i couldn't find much info on the site. Surprisingly a on-line Linux questionnaire recommended SuSE or fedora but i thought they were heavy distros. Martin N I think it is deb based but it has it's own package unique manager with limited software. You can try it by booting it off a memory stick/card first to see how you like or hate it. Clive Woodfine -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
I'm currently running openSUSE 11.2 on an Acer Aspire One D150-Bw 10.1-inch Netbook, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and it's fine, everything works I don't find it slow. I'll be putting 11.3 on there soon. Guess it'll depend on the spec of the machine you're putting it on. David On Saturday 06 Nov 2010, trotter wrote: At 13:37 06/11/2010, you wrote: http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/netbooks/308465-five-best-linux -netbook-oses-for-now They mention Puppy in there, which is a great OS but a bit of an acquired taste. However, depending on what hardware you are thinking of installing on, there is also Pupeee, a version of Pupeee tailored toward EeePCs. Sean I have found Pupeee works best on my eeePC 701. It very fast as it runs in memory but as Sean says it is an aquired taste. Is it a rpm or deb based distro i couldn't find much info on the site. Surprisingly a on-line Linux questionnaire recommended SuSE or fedora but i thought they were heavy distros. Martin N Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- 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 -- -- We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. - Stephen Hawking FLOSS - Not just for your teeth - Free Linux Open Source Software -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
Lo, At 17:13 06/11/2010, you wrote: I'm currently running openSUSE 11.2 on an Acer Aspire One D150-Bw 10.1-inch Netbook, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and it's fine, everything works I don't find it slow. I'll be putting 11.3 on there soon. Guess it'll depend on the spec of the machine you're putting it on. What sort of processor does it have? I have a 1ghz single core processor and 512meg of ram. Martin N On Saturday 06 Nov 2010, trotter wrote: At 13:37 06/11/2010, you wrote: http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/netbooks/308465-five-best-linux -netbook-oses-for-now They mention Puppy in there, which is a great OS but a bit of an acquired taste. However, depending on what hardware you are thinking of installing on, there is also Pupeee, a version of Pupeee tailored toward EeePCs. Sean I have found Pupeee works best on my eeePC 701. It very fast as it runs in memory but as Sean says it is an aquired taste. Is it a rpm or deb based distro i couldn't find much info on the site. Surprisingly a on-line Linux questionnaire recommended SuSE or fedora but i thought they were heavy distros. Martin N Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- 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 -- -- We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. - Stephen Hawking FLOSS - Not just for your teeth - Free Linux Open Source Software -- 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 -- Running MorphOS v2.4 on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
On Saturday 06 Nov 2010, trotter wrote: Lo, At 17:13 06/11/2010, you wrote: I'm currently running openSUSE 11.2 on an Acer Aspire One D150-Bw 10.1-inch Netbook, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and it's fine, everything works I don't find it slow. I'll be putting 11.3 on there soon. Guess it'll depend on the spec of the machine you're putting it on. What sort of processor does it have? I have a 1ghz single core processor and 512meg of ram. Martin N HI It's got an Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz single core processor. This is the Hardware requirements page for openSUSE 11.3 [1] David [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Hardware_requirements -- We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. - Stephen Hawking FLOSS - Not just for your teeth - Free Linux Open Source Software -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
On 06/11/10 17:20, trotter wrote: Lo, At 17:13 06/11/2010, you wrote: I'm currently running openSUSE 11.2 on an Acer Aspire One D150-Bw 10.1-inch Netbook, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and it's fine, everything works I don't find it slow. I'll be putting 11.3 on there soon. Guess it'll depend on the spec of the machine you're putting it on. What sort of processor does it have? I have a 1ghz single core processor and 512meg of ram. Sounds like ideal Puppy/Pupeee material to me. I'd suggest downloading it, putting it on a USB stick and giving it a go. It's tiny by comparison to fully fledged distros (~120MB) and is designed for machines with slower processors and less RAM. What sort of machine are we discussing here? Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
Lo, At 19:02 06/11/2010, you wrote: On 06/11/10 17:20, trotter wrote: Lo, At 17:13 06/11/2010, you wrote: I'm currently running openSUSE 11.2 on an Acer Aspire One D150-Bw 10.1-inch Netbook, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and it's fine, everything works I don't find it slow. I'll be putting 11.3 on there soon. Guess it'll depend on the spec of the machine you're putting it on. What sort of processor does it have? I have a 1ghz single core processor and 512meg of ram. Sounds like ideal Puppy/Pupeee material to me. I'd suggest downloading it, putting it on a USB stick and giving it a go. It's tiny by comparison to fully fledged distros (~120MB) and is designed for machines with slower processors and less RAM. I am more familiar with rpm and would rather stick with it but puppy is starting to look like a Hobsons choice option if I want something thats reasonably responsive What sort of machine are we discussing here? Old Thinkpad, so its not a netbook and doesn't have a crippled CPU. Martin N Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
On 6 November 2010 19:02, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: Sounds like ideal Puppy/Pupeee material to me. I'd suggest downloading it, putting it on a USB stick and giving it a go. It's tiny by comparison to fully fledged distros (~120MB) and is designed for machines with slower processors and less RAM. What sort of machine are we discussing here? Sean I have written this from Jolicloud running on a USB stick on my eeePC SD 701. This is the first time I have tried it. It uses the Chromium browser. All OK so far. Wireless. OK. The only problem was getting the USB installer to work. It complained it could not unmount the USB stick before installing so I did it from a terminal. You have to create an account or use your Facebook account if you have one. I think it is a useful portable Distro but I will stick with Pupee' jolicloud.com Clive Woodfine -- 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 --
Re: [Hampshire] Notebook remix Linux distro
On 06/11/10 21:19, trotter wrote: Old Thinkpad, so its not a netbook and doesn't have a crippled CPU. Sounds like you'll need to burn it to CD then as I doubt the Thinkpad will boot from a usb disk. Either way it doesn't require a massive investment of time or effort to run up the live disc and get a feel for it. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: 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 --
