[Cialug] Linux for Asus Eee

[Scott Prader]

Depending on how technical your friend wants to get, ArchLinux might be a
solution as well.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ASUS_Eee_PC_904HA

Scott

On Aug 24, 2016 3:51 PM, "David Champion" <dchamp1337 at gmail.com> wrote:

When you install Mageia you can choose your desktop environment, you may
want to use xfce or one of the other lightweight ones. You can also install
multiple de's and switch between them at login like you can with Ubuntu.

-dc

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:46 PM, chris rheinherren <c.rheinherren at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was looking at the other lightweight Ubuntu (Xubuntu) version and saw
> that it required a PAE processor to work with it's current version.
Lubuntu
> isn't bad either. It should work.
>
> And I'll check out Mageia too.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:33 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I think Mageia doesn't require PAE support for their default kernel.
It's
> > also a good distro for beginners, has gui config tools for just about
> > everything.
> >
> > https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mageia
> >
> > -dc
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:20 PM, chris rheinherren <
> > c.rheinherren at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have a friend that wants to try out Linux. They have an old Asus Eee
> > 904
> > > netbook they are willing to use. It had Windows XP on it but its
really
> > > slow when running that.
> > >
> > > I know that's a much older netbook. No PAE support for it (at least I
> > don't
> > > think there is anyway.) Which means newer versions of Ubuntu and
others
> > > wont run on it.
> > >
> > > Any ideas as to what would be some of the better distros for it?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Chris
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