[Chester LUG] Distros for the eeepc

[Michael Crilly]

I was thinking gentoo on a live cd. Not for newbies, but you'd learn a
lot during the installation. It's small and very customizable.

On 5/20/08, Paul Williams <wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi guys.  time for an update.
>
> Ubuntu on the eeepc died a death.  It took ages to get it on my sdhc card,
> as my 2g model cant fit the distro on the 2gb ssd.  I couldn't be bothered
> to go through all the hastle of putting it back on -not when Xandros cent
> back on in 12 minutes!
>
> Still, it leaves me with a distro I'm not too keen on, that isn't really
> supported by asus (all the packages seem geared towards the 4g model).
>
> What I'm after is a distro that is small, and will leave me with plenty of
> space on the ssd (supplied version of xandros is 1.6 GB installed - 2.3 on
> the 4 g model tho.).
>
> I need one that is easy to install (pref simple graphical installer), and
> updated regularly, with good support.
>
> I looked at Puppy linux, but there's no guarantees that it'll work.  I heard
> about pupeee linux, which is puppy for the eeepc, but I couldn't seem to
> find a full iso, just a bunch of files.
>
> Any ideas (remember, newbie here, please keep it simple!)
>
> Ta
>
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