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From: JohnF on 24 Mar 2010 12:56 Douglas Mayne <doug(a)localhost.localnet> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:35:22 +0000, .Martin. wrote: >> I am thinking of getting a netbook and would like to hear your >> recommendations. Has anyone got a netbook that works fine with >> Slackware? >> > I setup a Samsung NC10 with Slackware 13.0. Here is the screenshot with > the XFCE window manager: > http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne/misc/ss.2010-02-22.02.png Ditto, I set up an nc10 to dual boot its native xp with slackware 12.1 in December, 2008. It's a terrific box and still works fine, but it's atom n270-based, and you can get a newer machine now. (Note: for 12.1 I needed madwifi for the atheros chipset and luvcview for the webcam.) And I wouldn't trash windows if you can avoid it -- sometimes you need it, and, heck, you already paid for it. Like Douglas said, most netbooks are roughly the same, so all should be linux/slackware compatible, often easily, sometimes with some work. I made life a little easier by booting slackware with a usb dvd (after booting a gparted dvd to shrink the xp partition). -- John Forkosh ( mailto: j(a)f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )
From: Martin on 24 Mar 2010 13:51 On 03/23/2010 08:35 PM, .Martin. wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking of getting a netbook and would like to hear your > recommendations. Has anyone got a netbook that works fine > with Slackware? I would definitely remove whatever OS it ships > with and install slack 13 on it. I'd probably stick with fluxbox. > The main reason would probably be getting everything done it emacs > (gnus + org-mode, etc.) > > Looking at the benchmarks from techradar I like Lenovo IdeaPad > http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/laptops/top-8-best-linux-netbooks-621830?artc_pg=7 > The problem is that I'm looking for something cheaper and I don't know > how well it plays with slackware. > > Thanks in advance Thanks everyone. I bought Dell Inspiron Mini. That's not the one I wanted, but that was the cheapest one:) Works fine - no complains so far. The only problem was that its got the infamous bcm4312 chipset. I had to compile the wl module on Slackware 13. I also installed Crunchbang linux (which enabled it automatically). Thanks again. I'm back to playing with it. -- regards Martin
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 24 Mar 2010 15:03 notbob wrote: >> I've been happy with Slackware-13.0 on my Asus EeePC. > > How did you get it on there? ... If I recall correctly, I copied the DVD contents to an SD card (I don't have a USB DVD drive), and created a bootable USB key to boot from. Mounted the SD card, then installed from local directory (I don't recall the exact wording in the setup menu). It might have been the reverse: DVD contents to USB key, bootable SD card. Both the USB key and SD card in question are not with me at the moment. In fact, I'm fairly certain it was DVD contents to USB key, bootable SD card. > I've tried, everything with no joy. You gave up too easily? I do recall that you were looking at this, but I don't recall seeing you report having tried it and run into problems .... > I should point out I've tried to do a dual boot install, ... I'm afraid I would be no help there, then. I have no need for dual booting, so don't bother with that kind of complexity and wasted disk space. (maybe you did report that here, but I skipped those threads due to the dual-booting?) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 24 Mar 2010 15:06 ..Martin. wrote: >> I've been happy with Slackware-13.0 on my Asus EeePC. > > Which model have you got? The original 4G EeePC-701. It originally had a Xandros-based (yet another Debian derivative, this one commercially distributed) Linux OS installed on it, and I lived with that for a couple of years before I decided I was tired of them no longer providing software updates. Of course when it came time to install an up-to-date OS on it, the choice was quite simple ... > So far it's the cheapest option. I don't like the looks, > but I don't really care about it as long as it works fine:) I don't know ... it looks like a small computer to me. Do any look that much different? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Martin on 24 Mar 2010 15:50
On 03/24/2010 07:06 PM, Sylvain Robitaille wrote: > I don't know ... it looks like a small computer to me. Do any look that > much different? > Well, obviously the looks is the least important factor when it comes to choosing one:) -- regards Martin |