Scott Robbins wrote:
The Aspire One is one of those netbooks that have become so popular
recently. I've installed CentOS on the hard drive model, and have been
considering doing a wiki article about it, and probably will unless
there are strenuous objections.
Go for it Scott. There is already a page for an Asus eee on the Wiki
under /HowTos/Laptops/ so unless anyone feels the need for a section
specifically for netbooks, I would think it would be right at home there.
The objections might come from the fact that outside drivers are
required for wireless, webcam, sound, and even wired ethernet.
I think if it's clearly stated that hardware isn't supported out of the
box and you show how to get that hardware working in a way that's
consistent with the distro packaging (ie, using a kmod package), then I
don't see much ground for objection.
It does open the possibility to debate how best to get those packages
hosted in some form of repository but that may be a topic more suited to
the -devel list??
I have an article on my own pages, with a CentOS section at
http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/aspireone160GB.html
Note that I used Alan's kmods--I also tested Wolfy's dkms rpms for the
wired ethernet and they also worked. I went with Alan's in this case
because kmods are usually a bit less work and they were the ones I was
using when I wrote the article.
Thanks for any feedback.
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