[Discuss] Asus EEE PC Resource

[Patrick]

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:30:34 -0800
"Corey Burger" wrote:

> On Nov 10, 2007 6:20 PM, Patrick <NixNoob-sneaking at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:31:33 -0800
> > "Larry Gagnon" wrote:
> >
> > > For those thinking of, or who have already made, an EEE purchase check out
> > > this great resource/forum/wiki:
> > >
> > > http://www.eeeuser.com/
> >
> > Ah, Xandros.
> >
> > `Xandros acquired the Corel Linux technology, a derivative of
> > Debian, and engineered it into what is today the award winning
> > Xandros Desktop.'
> >
> > So I guess it uses .deb instead of .rpm , but is probably not
> > all that compatible with stuff from the Debian repositories [well,
> > maybe a little...].  Thanks, I wondered about that.
> >
> 
> I love how Ubuntu gets pummeled by Debian for not "giving back" when
> we have LInspire and Xandros as star examples of how not to give back.
> Serves us right for saying we would.

Not my flame-war, but I would expect it to be *less*
Debian-compatible than Ubuntu, because it's further removed than
Ubuntu.

For example, most console programs will install straight from the
Debian repos without a hitch [on Xubuntu 6.10 here], but anything
with a GUI, or more accurately, with a long list of dependencies
gets kind of tricky.

> 
> Anyway, the issue with installing another distro on the EEE appears to
> be a proprietary wireless driver, some sort of Atheros thing,
> otherwise I would recommend ditching shitty Xandros and going with a
> more modern distro, such as pure Debian Sid, Fedora, OpenSUSE or
> Ubuntu.

Hmm.  I wonder how hard it is to switch one wireless card for
another in these...


> 
> Corey

Patrick.

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