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Cheers guys. If someone brings a stick, I'll copy over distros and try them out. If battery holds out, I can even try a few then and there. Can I install DSL, gentoo, puppy, featherlinux or any of the others, or are they all live? What's the options for customisation of they're live.<br><br>Looked at DSL, and it seemed a little too basic - please prove me wrong.<br><br>Looked at Gentoo, and it seemed everyone was warning me that it was hard. I'm up for a challenge tho.<br><br>What about PCBSD? Read about it. Not linux? Too big? thoughts?<br><br>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:16:44 +0100<br>> From: e-mail@mcrilly.co.uk<br>> To: chester@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Distros for the eeepc<br>> <br>> No, i can't tell :p<br>> <br>> On 5/20/08, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > I've always found Damn Small Linux to be a very nice mini-distro. DSL-N has<br>> > the 2.6 kernel and apparently it works with the eeepc. It doesn't come with<br>> > a load of applications installed, but you can add them to the very small<br>> > footprint (talking couple hundred megs). You can boot it off a usb stick or<br>> > CD to give it a go first. Installation isn't that graphical, but there<br>> > isn't much to it. You could always bring it along to the next LUG and we<br>> > could help if you like the look of the live cd version.<br>> ><br>> > Have a look at it here:<br>> > http://damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/<br>> ><br>> > (can you tell that I'm using a few precious minutes plowing through my<br>> > emails whilst waiting for a meeting to start?!)<br>> ><br>> > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Michael Crilly <e-mail@mcrilly.co.uk><br>> > wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> I was thinking gentoo on a live cd. Not for newbies, but you'd learn a<br>> >> lot during the installation. It's small and very customizable.<br>> >><br>> >> On 5/20/08, Paul Williams <wilp4a@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Hi guys. time for an update.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Ubuntu on the eeepc died a death. It took ages to get it on my sdhc<br>> >> card,<br>> >> > as my 2g model cant fit the distro on the 2gb ssd. I couldn't be<br>> >> bothered<br>> >> > to go through all the hastle of putting it back on -not when Xandros<br>> >> > cent<br>> >> > back on in 12 minutes!<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Still, it leaves me with a distro I'm not too keen on, that isn't really<br>> >> > supported by asus (all the packages seem geared towards the 4g model).<br>> >> ><br>> >> > What I'm after is a distro that is small, and will leave me with plenty<br>> >> of<br>> >> > space on the ssd (supplied version of xandros is 1.6 GB installed - 2.3<br>> >> on<br>> >> > the 4 g model tho.).<br>> >> ><br>> >> > I need one that is easy to install (pref simple graphical installer),<br>> >> > and<br>> >> > updated regularly, with good support.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > I looked at Puppy linux, but there's no guarantees that it'll work. I<br>> >> heard<br>> >> > about pupeee linux, which is puppy for the eeepc, but I couldn't seem to<br>> >> > find a full iso, just a bunch of files.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Any ideas (remember, newbie here, please keep it simple!)<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Ta<br>> >> ><br>> >> > _________________________________________________________________<br>> >> ><br>> >> > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000009ukm/direct/01/<br>> >><br>> >> --<br>> >> Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com<br>> >><br>> >> M. T. Crilly<br>> >> http://www.mcrilly.co.uk/<br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Chester mailing list<br>> >> Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester<br>> >><br>> ><br>> <br>> -- <br>> Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com<br>> <br>> M. T. Crilly<br>> http://www.mcrilly.co.uk/<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Chester mailing list<br>> Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester<br><br /><hr />Get 5GB of online storage for free! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000005ukm/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it Now! </a></body>
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