[Debian-eeepc-devel] Request for advice for system for Eee PC 701

Frédéric Boiteux fboiteux at calistel.com
Wed Dec 2 13:10:51 UTC 2009


Le Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:24:10 +0000,
Paul Menzel <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> a écrit :

> I would also recommend to use testing/Squeeze or unstable/Sid. The
> chances that testing breaks something are pretty small. So if it works
> when you set it up it should not break so badly afterward doing
> 
> 	sudo aptitude update && `sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
> 
> every once in a while, that she is not able to repair it.

Ok, I'll go with Squeeze (or perhaps Sid if Gnome env. is always in
transition…)

> 
> KMS, Grub2, Ext4 and for example an up to date LXDE are pretty strong
> reasons to go for testing/Squeeze.

I'll try LXDE to see if it's more useful on this tiny screen.

> Do not forget about Boot Booster [1] and maybe a self-compiled Linux
> kernel to speed up boot time. But most of this is mentioned in the
> Debian Wiki I guess.
Thanks for the tip, I note it !

	regards,
		Fred.



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