On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:43:31 +0100 Frédéric Boiteux <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend of mine wants me to install a Debian on its Eeepc 701 > (there is always the Xandros system) when we meet, and I'm asking for > advice, as I don't know well this first eeepc model, and current state > of Squeeze/Sid : > > I wonder if I should go with a Lenny install, using old and unfree > madwifi drivers, if I could go on Lenny + a more recent Linux kernel > (from backports), or if I should directly go for Squeeze or Sid ? Is > this last choice a good one for Eeepc ? I could get KMS, perhaps better > touchpad handling ? What are your feeling about this ?
If the owner is reasonably proficient at maintaining a Debian system, or if you are, and are providing support, then my preference would be to have you running Squeeze so that you can help test it and improve it before it is released. Also, I would rather steer you towards free software than non-free. Ben -- ,-. nSLUG http://www.nslug.ns.ca [email protected] \`' Debian http://www.debian.org [email protected] ` [ gpg 395C F3A4 35D3 D247 1387 2D9E 5A94 F3CA 0B27 13C8 ] _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
