[MLUG] netbooks / laptops

[sustain_ability at 123mail.org]

To wit: is there a 'universal' OS that I could put on a USB stick and
simply plug it into most any PC clone out there? Will it detect the
vital HW and Network info so that I could surf for a few minutes in
peace? 
The latest M$ install where I go makes the entire 'Net experience
worthless. 
Sustain

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:14:33 -0400, "David Pelletier"
<dpelletier at gmail.com> said:
> It works fine in eeebuntu, but the desktop environment is BAD by default.
> I
> tried to fix it, removed all the extra useless crap like pulseaudio and
> eventualy gave up. The latest version of Ubuntu is not the sane and light
> distro it used to be. Eeebuntu's only redeeming quality is that it has
> very
> good configuration scripts for pretty much all eee PCs in existence, I
> guess
> it should be possible to install these scripts on debian using the .deb
> package.
> 
> My next tries are Arch Linux and Moblin (though it's based on Red Hat, I
> still want to try it), but I don't have much time right now with the end
> of
> the semester approaching fast. I guess by the time the semester is over,
> debian eee will fully support the 1000HE anyway. :)
> 
> Hardware wise, I still love it. The only slight problem I found with it
> is
> that when you put it between books in a bag, the pressure on the lid is
> enough to push the screen to touch the keyboard and leave dead skin and
> fat
> marks on the screen. I put my screen cleaning cloth on the keyboard
> before
> closing the lid and it doesn't happen anymore.
> 
> 
> 
> Well, the Debian eee wiki pages now list the 1000HE, and have a web page
> on
> > it.
> > It seems to be a lot of configuratin/hardware description.  Some of their
> > charts seem to suggest they're aware of the wifi chip the 1000HE use, and
> > think they have the right drivers.
> >
> > But if you say it doesn't work, maybe you should tell them with a bug
> > report
> > or a question.
> >
> > Or have you (or they) figured out what Ubuntu is doing right and Debian
> > is doing wrong in the meantime?
> >
> > -- hendrik

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