On Sunday 13 September 2009 12:21:26 pm Philip Webb wrote: > I'm planning to buy a netbook sometime in the next few weeks. > The most likely choice is an Asus 1005HA : > > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=025389&; > cid=NBK.862.656 > > It has a 1600 MHz processor, 1 GB memory & a 160 GB hard drive. > Asus is a very reliable manufacturer in my experience > & this version is the cheapest & looks as if it would meet my needs. > Hopefully, the price will drop a bit more in the near future. > > My intended use is simply to be able to read, edit & make notes on texts, > esp books I have downloaded (eg Jane Austen, Gibbon), > while lying back in my chair or on my bed, not sitting up at my desk; > It may also be useful to take to my office at the UoT > to work on my transit archives there occasionally > & might help at public meetings, making notes or checking documents. > My desktop manager wb Fluxbox, my typical app Gvim, > other regulars Terminal (Xfce), Xpdf, Feh: no KDE or Gnome; > I might install the binary OO for a spreadsheet; > I don't see myself using it for wireless Internet, video or sound. > Most of the time, I sb able to run it plugged in, not from the battery. > > It comes with M$ XP installed in the factory (with Firefox), > which I may keep in case there's a hardware failure under warranty > (I can demonstrate it's not Linux which is causing the problem), > but of course I shall use Linux for all my activities above. > I thought re other distros to avoid a lot of slow compiling, > but the advantage is a mirage: Slackware & Arch users have to compile > kernels & I would have to learn how to do things their way to get > anywhere; Mandriva has a version for EEE, but it's likely to default to > KDE 4 (ugh!). > > I see myself using System Rescue to get started, reducing the XP partition, > installing the Gentoo system + Kernel 2.6.31 + X , then a sparse set of > apps; I might try compiling on my desktop machine, then copying the binary > across. There are howto's on the Gentoo Wiki & elsewhere, eg > > http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:installgentoo > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC_901 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC_1000HA > > Does anyone have warnings, suggestions or advice ? >
I don't see a single problem with that. Compiles may indeed be a bit slow but it will get done. And if you must compile on another machine look into chroots. Another option is Sabayon. I know this is a Gentoo mailing list but Sabayon is a derivative of Gentoo but with Entropy (it's package manager) it doesn't have to compile and it even offers a GUI (though I don't use it much) but it does keep portage and emerge can still be used. A CoreCD may be just what you need (or a Gentoo chroot on a desktop and then transfer it to your laptop). I personally run a Gentoo system after having Sabayon 4.2 and I obviously stuck with Gentoo so...
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