On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:59:48 +0800 "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> A friend who had one of the above, but thought it unsuitable, gave it > to me. I find it very suitable for certain things and want to > continue using it. However, it came with Windows XP and I'd prefer to > run Linux on it. At the same time, I don't want to wipe XP and then > find the computer doesn't work properly with Linux. I solved that > problem on a laptop I use by using Wubi to install Ubuntu. I looked > for a way to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Eee by using Wubi, > but there doesn't seem to be one. > > Are people running versions of Linux on this or similar computers > that they've been able to install easily while keeping Windows? I have a 701 that I use extensively when travelling and now and again when I wake up from a nap on the couch :-). I use the Debian installation described here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC Alan > > Thank for reading this, > > Leslie. > -------------------------------------------------- > To see papers written by me on, among other things, literary > allusions in Australian reasons for judgment, start here: > http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 > > To see photos taken by me of, among other things, Sydney now (as well > as comparative photos taken by others of Sydney then), start here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623...@n03/sets/72157604225021655/ > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
