Monday, May 10, 2010

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: Recommendation for Linux on a Netbook

 

You might also try Damn Small Linus as well ... It may have what you need for the small amount of RAM ...

ironmantis7x

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> You are going to run into two problems, the ARM processor and low RAM (128
> MBs). Only a handful of distros support the ARM and many of those require
> more than 128 MBs. Your best bet is MeeGo which is the union of Moblin from
> Intel and Nokia's OS. I am not sure of its status as it is still in
> development.
>
> See also: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arm
>
> You could also consider running Gentoo and compiling from source. Debian is
> the best bet for mainline distros with a very lightweight desktop like
> Openbox or LXDE.
>
> Roy
>
> On 9 May 2010 15:24, MuskokaCowboy <muskokacowboy@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I bought one of those cheap Chinese netbooks on ebay
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260595589655
> >
> > and am looking for a distro that will run on it. It will mainly be used by
> > my daughter for watching video files in the car off of a usb drive or sd
> > card and probably for light email use and web browsing.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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>

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