On Sat Nov 22, 2008 at 12:03:33 +0000, pavithran wrote:
> I am planning to buy a eee pc.
> I would like to know about the compatibility of eee pc especially the 901
> series in GNU /Linux distributions.
I bought one on Thursday. It arrived today. It is currently
running Debian GNU/Linux just fine :)
> Though its bundled with Xandros . I would like to install debian or
> gnewsense .
> Do do we we get the free(gpl'ed) drivers for eee pc ?
So far all looks good. I'm using the RT2860-modules package to
get the wireless working, and the camera works just fine too.
> And how is the performance ? Can we do simple tasks like document
> processing ( OO is slow and should obviously be slower in eee) and
> probably code some PHP . Hope I could run apache with mysql on it :)
I'm running apache on it, just because I can. Performance isn't
amazing, but it is good enough.
I'm still finding the fat-finger problem the biggest downside.
> Finally where do we get them in southampton ?
Amazon?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Netbook-Linux-Preloaded-White/dp/B001C9UTKO
Steve
--
