[Discuss] Asus EEE PC Resource

[Corey Burger]

On Nov 10, 2007 8:10 PM, Patrick <NixNoob-sneaking at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Yes, because Ubuntu tends to be further ahead in the GUI side than even Sid.

>
> >
> > 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...

If it is MiniPCI, fairly easy. Soldered on the board, more difficult.

Corey