On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:56:29 +1100 Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dean Hamstead wrote: > > > what was wrong with Xandros - which the 701 shipped with? > > > > it wasnt debian. > > > > Ok, but I have had problems installing basic debian...and went with > the knoppix distro in 2004. I installed Debian on the 701 without problems. It even installed through the wireless. Very neat. I'm running mine with a fluxbox interface and it is good fun. Alan > > > There are a number of distributions based on Debian. Some users > > might want to take a look at these distributions in addition to the > > official Debian releases. This is done for a number of reasons > > (better localization support, specific hardware support, simplified > > installation, etc). > .... > > # Ubuntu > > # Xandros > <http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros> > > Marghanita > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > http://www.ramin.com.au > Phone: (+61)0414 869202 > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
