On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Chris Kottaridis <chriskot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've never used a netbook before but am looking at the > Eee PC 1215N-PU27 > > I want as much portability as possible, but I also want it to have full > Linux capabilities, so tablets are out for now. Specifcally, I want to run > Linux as the base OS and use vmware to run Windows as a virtual machine when > needed. When I checked out netbooks a couple of years ago I didn't see > anything I thought could handle that. This looks like it might be able to do > that. > > It has: > Atom D525 dual-core 1.8 GHz (with hyperthreading can have 4 threads) > 2 GB RAM, expandable to 4 GB (I'd do this upgrade) > Bluetooth > Wireless N > HDMI port > 3 USB ports > 12.1" screen HD resolution > 500 GB Hard Disk > > It gets shipped with 64 bit Windows 7, but I'd prefer to run Fedora 16 and > then run Windows as a Virtual Machine when needed. > > Anyone have any experience running Fedora 16 on this machine ? > > Also, I suppose I can connect an external DVD player via USB to do an > install that way. I prefer to install from DVD's rather then the network and > I assume a netbook can boot from a USB device. > > Thanks > Chris Kottaridis Hi, I've got an F16 running on a number of Asus 1201N more-or-less issues free (with or w/o the nVidia binary driver). The only major issue is broken suspend on some machine since the release of v3.2 (The irony that 3.2 finally got hibernate working so we're OK for now... :)) I'll report it once I'll free some time to confirm this issue isn't nVidia driver related. As for virtualization, as far as I remember, much like the Atom 330 on our machines, the D525 doesn't support VT-x, meaning: A. qemu-KVM is out of the question (You plan to use vmware; we use VirtualBox from time to time). B. Guest performance can be iffy (at least under VirtualBox). Again, I never tested vmware on this netbook (which version do you plan to use?), but in general, if you plan to use Windows VM as an actual desktop OS on this netbook, I'd consider buying a Windows XP license and stripping it to the core instead of using Windows 7. Alternatively, I'd search for a stronger notebook that has VT-x/AMD-v capable CPU. (In my experience, finding an AMD-v capable notebook/netbook is usually easier) - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
