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Re: [LUG] Asus eeePC

 

Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:37:20 +0000
> Simon Robert wrote:
>   
>> I agree with the above, but you should look at the wiki on 
>> eeepcuser.com. The basic interface can be changed to the xandros 
>> "advanced" one by adding a repository and then installing a .deb 
>> package. This gives you the xandros kde desktop designed for the
>> eeepc. Also if you search eeepcuser you'll find eeexubuntu, a version
>> of xubuntu for the eeepc. This has the wifi and ethernet drivers as
>> native, but doesn't as yet support the webcam. The advantage is all
>> the software you can install from the ubuntu repositories.
>>
>> I switched back from eeexubuntu to the xandros kde desktop and was
>> very happy with the way all the gizmo's devices worked, but then was 
>> frustrated by the difficulty of installing apps not in the xandros
>> and community eeepc xandros repositories, things like codecs and
>> libdvdcss, so have switched back to xubuntu.
>>
>> Horses for courses I guess. A great gizmo anyways, really useful and
>> you can always stick an 8 gig SD card it.
>>
>> Simon.
>>     
>
> If eeeXandros is Debian based, could you not simply whack the
> appropriate repositories into your sources.list and have things like
> codecs etc at your fingertips?
>
> (Note that I've never tried cross-pollinating different Debian-based
> distros.)
>
> Grant.
>
>   
There is an article on doing this in the march 2008 issue of linux 
magazine,  i don't think its as easy as adding debian repositories to 
the sources.list file.   It seems as its running xandros many of the 
apps have been modified.

paul

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