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Article #907Re: eeepc
From: 0488
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:31
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:31
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none wrote: > They do make the larger one with Linux, but I haven't seen one in Oz. I > haven't looked for information for a couple of months now, but when I > was asking around to see if anyone had replaced the winxp version with > linux I couldn't get a straight answer. Lots of maybes and ifs, and go > here and there (neither here nor there really knew either). Maybe > someone has done it since. > jules > > spodosaurus wrote: >> Andrew Rich wrote: >>> I have had an ASUS eeepc the linux version with the smaller screen. >>> >>> I have since sold it. >>> >>> I see there is an eeepc out with a larger screen, will linux run on it ? >>> >>> Andrew >>> >> There are three screen sizes, and multiple versions of each screen size. >> Perhaps a quick search on google would have been useful, because Asus is >> selling EeePCs with linux in all three of their screen sizes, and >> there's also Ubuntu-eee that's been remade to work with these netbooks. >> >> Ari >> The EeePC 900/901 Runes WELL under Linux Pc Authority (the magazine) did a write up on it this month www.techbuy.com.au were mentioned HTH There is a small Linux application called puppy Linux works brilliantly on older machines is small linux app works fast as from a flash key that might be another option N.B. First time poster to this forum
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