I run Xubuntu on an Eee PC 900, with WindowMaker as my desktop, and with the www.array.org/ubuntu/ customized kernal. It works just fine and boots in about 10 seconds. I didn't bother to keep windows on it, but I bet it's not difficult to dual boot.
- mark http://www.flickr.com/photos/m487396/ --- On Sat, 12/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [SLUG] Asus Eee PC 900 > To: [email protected] > Received: Saturday, 12 September, 2009, 2:59 PM > 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? > > 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 > __________________________________________________________________________________ Get more done like never before with Yahoo!7 Mail. Learn more: http://au.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
