From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N05sO-0001go-9a for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:59:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70433E078E; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-relay2.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay2h.uniserve.ca [216.113.194.206]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4DDE078E for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip-204.61.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.61.204] helo=ca.inter.net) by smtp-relay2.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N05sK-0003xw-Ac for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:59:09 -0700 Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:59:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:59:07 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ? Message-ID: <20091020035907.GA4913@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20091020002709.GB5029@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091020002709.GB5029@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Sender-Info: purslow@ca.inter.net X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.1 1 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.1 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with dynamic-looking rDNS X-Archives-Salt: 1f70f687-9162-496e-90cc-cf918c59139e X-Archives-Hash: 57fdf5214e110bbd28722a9287194d94 091019 waltdnes@waltdnes.org requested comments re : > the 11.6" screen Acer Aspireone AO751h-1505 Netbook at > http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=024766&cid=NBK.862.670 > I intend to install Gentoo on it. I bought an ASUS EeePC 1005HA there a couple of weeks ago & have just finished checking out the hardware, which is ok. Your preference costs CAD 50 more, but features various improvements; they seem to have sold out of the ASUS except the pink version (grin). My next task is to look at the BIOS & make a bootable USB stick with System Rescue on it, then decide whether to keep M$ XP around & which version of Linux to install, probably Gentoo, but I'm wary of doing a lot of compiling on the tiny machine (alternatives wb Arch or Slackware). Does anyone know how far it's feasible to compile pkgs on a desktop -- I have a powerful machine with upto-date Gentoo for everyday use -- , then copy the results via USB stick into a netbook ? Sorry not to answer your question directly, but this is related (smile). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca