[Chester LUG] Distros for the eeepc

[Michael Crilly]

No, i can't tell :p

On 5/20/08, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've always found Damn Small Linux to be a very nice mini-distro.  DSL-N has
> the 2.6 kernel and apparently it works with the eeepc.  It doesn't come with
> a load of applications installed, but you can add them to the very small
> footprint (talking couple hundred megs).  You can boot it off a usb stick or
> CD to give it a go first.  Installation isn't that graphical, but there
> isn't much to it.  You could always bring it along to the next LUG and we
> could help if you like the look of the live cd version.
>
> Have a look at it here:
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/
>
> (can you tell that I'm using a few precious minutes plowing through my
> emails whilst waiting for a meeting to start?!)
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Michael Crilly <e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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