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I put Ubuntu 8.10 on one of these. The only real issue was the Wifi drivers. I followed the instructions here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne Very happy with it. Dave Berkeley Gordon Henderson wrote: > I've just installed Debian Lenny on wifeys AAO... > > I have to say, it wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do - certianly > *not* something I'd ever expect her to be able to do in a million years - > even though she has installed XP on a box in the past... > > So while she's happy to use it, running xfce4, open office, firefox and > thunderbird (aka iceweasel/dove) there will still be a job for us geeks to > do... > > I actually suspect part of what made it harder for me was never having > used a "modern" window manager. (I use fvwm - been using it for the past > 16 years) Working out how to lock applications to the task bar (wossat > then?) was tricky - initially, and installing the right wi-fi stuff. I > ended up compiling a custom kernel for it too and removing 100's of > packages that really aren't needed, and while it boots in under a minute, > it's way longer than the original 15 seconds that Linpus Lite booted in.. > > Still, that's progress for you! > > Gordon > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html