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 1N0ErK-0006S2-JQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:34:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 803BBE073C; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:34:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.186]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A43E084B for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:34:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n29so574285gve.39 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:34:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=9dzMGcFrJEbVZD9a31kWtpUsI+/6x00u9bJIWPKRmGE=; b=H2vBbohXJqwyxRvLAgTaa1PzvI3uE1eQIykghPGOkAhC6+ZLOn1Vwdsc2HG+4nHXWj wJLrgH8H/G+m3YGlOfGwCxJ0AmNI/T+e3HTVSLRM8Y1D5QsxaYmQWVCFZ1EJiGi8JUfF Yc+EZBkHKmtG2bIEm0xpp3yozNOdhymN03P0Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=Mkdb/2wEP3sbVbuOD9fklYeREp6Nt6XbiVD81+ZeD7A2NbpzYNNxgugETUvgSq9EQL KWbgSgR3iWfzUogajtzat2VA36050UyR8x0V4NA4/I24bUhkmx4eOsoitnsQTQKNve0j 6nCJCLbSM3J5edAiUT4FfiwSFMeIikAoQf34c= Received: by 10.216.93.4 with SMTP id k4mr2299992wef.155.1256045680312; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i6sm102325gve.2.2009.10.20.06.34.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:34:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ? Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:37 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.2 (Linux/2.6.31-gentoo-r3; KDE/4.3.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <20091020002709.GB5029@waltdnes.org> <200910200834.24540.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20091020090537.GC4913@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20091020090537.GC4913@ca.inter.net> 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="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200910201533.37972.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 558a300d-f32b-480a-a074-f3fa5c7f9289 X-Archives-Hash: f2c2b901863e5be5591adfc7717ea33e On Tuesday 20 October 2009 11:05:37 Philip Webb wrote: > 091020 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 05:59:07 Philip Webb wrote: > >> 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 ? > > > > Trawl the archives over the last 60 months > > for Neil Bothwick's detailed posts on this very subject > > Were there netbooks in 2004 ?? Anyway, I have most of them saved. > However, others may have experiences to relate for everyone's benefit. > See children, this is what happens when you ask yourself daft questions like "How many days in a month, and how many months make 60 days?" You make big booboo typos. Learn from Uncle Alan and don't do it... :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com