Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ?

[Philip Webb]

091019 waltdnes@××××××××.org requested comments re :
> the 11.6" screen Acer Aspireone AO751h-1505 Netbook at
>  http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=024766&cid=NBK.862.670
> I intend to install Gentoo on it.

I bought an ASUS EeePC 1005HA there a couple of weeks ago
& have just finished checking out the hardware, which is ok.
Your preference costs  CAD 50  more, but features various improvements;
they seem to have sold out of the ASUS except the pink version (grin).

My next task is to look at the BIOS & make a bootable USB stick
with System Rescue on it, then decide whether to keep M$ XP around
& which version of Linux to install, probably Gentoo,
but I'm wary of doing a lot of compiling on the tiny machine
(alternatives wb Arch or Slackware).

Does anyone know how far it's feasible to compile pkgs on a desktop
-- I have a powerful machine with upto-date Gentoo for everyday use -- ,
then copy the results via USB stick into a netbook ?

Sorry not to answer your question directly, but this is related (smile).

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