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I'd still recommend the ubuntueee, now called called "easypeasy". It is a netbook remix, comparatively small, not over featured and I've seen mails that indicate that wifi runs out of the box. It also runs as a live distro, so might be worth a look? S On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 23:15 +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 22:34:54 +0000 (GMT) > Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've just installed Debian Lenny on wifeys AAO... > > I've just been testing the installation of Emdebian Grip 1.0 (based on > Debian 5.0 "Lenny") onto my Acer Aspire1. 600Mb with iceweasel, XFCE, > sylpheed, drivel, grisbi and other bits. > > http://www.emdebian.org/grip/index.html > http://www.emdebian.org/grip/index.html#preseeding > http://lists.debian.org/debian-embedded/2009/02/msg00007.html > > > 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... > > Why? Do you mean the bits in the wiki about all the enhancements and > wireless config etc.? > > The Emdebian test install gets from boot to working XFCE GUI in a > single, smooth, process without fuss. Yes, the wireless is a problem > but it's non-free so what can you expect? Xorg can do with a tweak to > stop the default fonts shouting at the user all the time but it doesn't > need any appreciable work to install Lenny on an Acer Aspire1. > > > 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 > > Why? What do you mean by 'task bar' anyway? I've never used one on > GNU/Linux. If you want icons in the panel for easy access, use > metacity. XFCE keeps that kind of thing quite clean and uncluttered, > compared to metacity/GNOME where anyone can fill the entire panel with > icons. (I've had to clean out my own more than once on my other > systems.) > > > - initially, and installing the right wi-fi stuff. I > > ended up compiling a custom kernel for it too > > Why? Even Emdebian uses a stock Debian kernel on the Acer Aspire1. The > wifi stuff doesn't need kernel changes, just building a module from > source due to non-free problems. There is some talk of a genuine free > module in the .28 kernel or possibly later. > > > and removing 100's of > > packages that really aren't needed > > Come on, be specific. Which packages, what is the final size of your > installation? > > >, and while it boots in under a minute, > > it's way longer than the original 15 seconds that Linpus Lite booted in.. > > Umm, Linpus Lite never did boot that fast, it just pretended it booted > that fast because of that dumb single-user interface. > -- 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