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I was looking at this machine earlier this week and wondering how Linux would run on it. Has anyone had the chance to install it on there?
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Posted 29 January 2008 - 04:22 AM
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If I am not mistaken the Eee PC runs Linux as the default OS. I wouldn't imagine it would be hard to install another brand of Linux on it although you will have limited resources.
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Posted 01 February 2008 - 04:12 PM
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What version of Linux does it run though? It doesn't look like it has much functionality.
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Posted 02 February 2008 - 12:27 PM
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I don't own one and have never used one but I've read you can install Windows XP, Mac (not legal) or any brand of Linux on them. You do have a 2 or 4GB hard drive limit though. I wonder why so small though. They have flash drives that size now. These machines look interesting.
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Posted 13 February 2008 - 05:25 AM
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Well for sure a 2Gb or 4Gb limit is not good, I mean, why would they do that?? nowadays we have 4gb SDCards for storing pics etc, not a whole computer!!
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 03:30 PM
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My friend has one of these little machines. They are really neat and fit in most places a normal laptop wouldn't take it. That is why they are so cool IMO. I agree, 4GB is a little small.
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Posted 26 February 2008 - 06:06 AM
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I've read only good reviews about this laptop but I am sure I can find a better laptop for the same price somewhere else...I mean it's a single-core processor with only a 4GB hard drive going for $300-$400? That's insane; it's a Celeron processor not even at 1ghz!
Still I guess it is great with Linux...but if you bought a used or new older Windows laptop you could replace the OS and get better performance IMO.
Just a thought.
Still I guess it is great with Linux...but if you bought a used or new older Windows laptop you could replace the OS and get better performance IMO.
Just a thought.
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Posted 26 February 2008 - 07:02 AM
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I think the size is the main attraction rather than the hardware specs....
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Posted 27 February 2008 - 05:24 AM
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Jordan said:
I think the size is the main attraction rather than the hardware specs....
Also from what I read, the screen resolution is only 800x600, so if you view web pages optimized for 1024x768 screen resolution, you'll have to scroll to the right while viewing web pages, which would be an inconvenience for me if I had to do that..
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 05:05 PM
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I noticed that Sabayon has an Eee PC boot option. I wonder if that is the OS distro that comes standard on these machines.
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 06:59 AM
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Yeah I noticed that too... but seemed like a too powerful Os for the Eee PC to run, but guess I was wrong.
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Posted 10 May 2008 - 05:12 AM
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So certain PCs come with their own distro of Linux, hmm? Why would you want to change the distro to something else, don't they all work more or less the same?
