[Cialug] Linux for Asus Eee

[Dan Hockey]

Net installers of debian/ubuntu will allow you to pick different WM's AFTER
the base system install.
For the less savvy linux user try one of the following

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-flavours

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Scott Prader <rigrunn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Haha, Figured I'd throw it out there for completeness.  Someone else might
> find it useful.  If nothing else, the wiki has good documentation that can
> useful in a cross-platform aspect.  Have fun!
>
> On Aug 24, 2016 4:17 PM, "chris rheinherren" <c.rheinherren at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > LOL
> > She doesn't know how burn an ISO to a CD/DVD so I think Arch is gonna be
> a
> > bit beyond her abilities right now.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Scott Prader <rigrunn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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