EeePC - to Fedora or not?
Beartooth
Beartooth at swva.net
Sun Oct 12 18:50:59 UTC 2008
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:24:03 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I recently acquired an Asus EeePC-1000 (the Linux version with a 40GB
> SSD).
> I don't really like the Linux system running on the machine, and am
> thinking about installing Fedora instead or in addition.
I nearly lost my breakfast looking at Xandros; Windows in drag --
and, of course, in cahoots with MegaSleazo. *Lots* of alternatives are
better, especially on one with that much space.
> What actually are the advantages of Fedora in this case? Also, will I
> have any problems with WiFi, which works very well in the current
> system?
Wifi troubles vary, in all sorts of ways. But for the most
overview, go to http://forum.eeeuser.com/ and look around. (There is even
(or was) something called EeeDora -- F8 specifically adapted to the early
small EeePCs; F9 may have made it obsolete already.)
The forums there are often somewhat disorganized, and hard to
find things in; but they're *very* prolific.
Suggestion : put Fedora, Puppy, and two or three others on
bootable USB sticks, and try them without having to go through a whole
install between each. I carry two or three such with mine; I think lots
of people do.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 2.00, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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