Brad Beyenhof wrote:
On 6/7/08, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Brad Beyenhof wrote:
Right now my top choices for possible purchase are the HP Mini-Note
(SUSE, already available), the Dell Mini-Inspiron (Ubuntu, in
production), the Acer Aspire One (Linpus Linux, in production), and
the MSI Wind (SUSE, in production). My main considerations are high
The Acer Aspire One runs Linpus? Is that a typo?
No typo (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linpus_Linux>), but as of this
point the product is still vapor.
I just realized that where I put "in production" in my list above I
probably should have said "in development." Of those I listed, the HP
is the only one currently available for sale.
I would have to recommend not supporting SUSE due to their association with
Novell these days.
Well, as you say below, I could probably put whatever distro I want on
any of those; I was just listing what they come with. Unless you mean
to say that purchasing something with SUSE pre-loaded implies support
of Novell regardless of what I end up running.
I don't really like the EEE701 much now that I've played with a VM
image of it. Especially when going over the "full Xandros desktop"
portion, the low vertical pixel count is really frustrating. Lots of
You can install whatever distro you want on pretty much any of these
machines if you don't mind putting the time into it. I would say pick your
favorite hardware and then put your favorite distro on it.
Of course, but the pre-installed distro has been tested to work with
the supplied hardware. I'd rather not have to track down possible
driver issues unless absolutely necessary.
preference windows don't show their "OK" buttons because they're
taller than the screen. The EEE900 has better resolution, but it's a
little more expensive than I'd prefer to pay for one of these toys.
You know you can enable "normal" mode or whatever they call it and then
it's just a regular KDE desktop right? It all comes built-in.
Yeah, that's what I meant when I said "full Xandros desktop" (and yes,
it's KDE). I discovered when running the virtualized EEE hardware that
a lot of default OS windows are too tall to display their full
contents on the 701's 480-pixel-high screen.
The Acer looks like it might be the best combination of features and
price, but I'm curious to see how well it will run other distros than
the one that's pre-loaded.
Good question. If you end up getting one please let us know!
The Acer is currently at the top of my list, with the Dell close
behind. Unfortunately, Dell is playing around with alternate keyboard
arrangements (just the non-alphanumeric parts) in order to provide
larger keys in the small space, which might end up being a
deal-breaker.
As Andrew said, though, I'm letting things simmer for a bit to see
which of these devices actually come out and how they're reviewed.
All this makes me more and more glad that I bought an XO. It's
surprising how many people I've showed it to said "I was going to get
one of those, but...". Most of the others want to know where they can
get one.
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