The Arch's stock kernel (as any other kernel) will always be enough: What this "special" kernel does is only to build used module inside the kernel, reducing the loading time. It's a lot of fun and you learn a lot about the linux kernel and your own machine by doing so, but this does not diminish Arch's kernel ;) You will have the exact same functionality with both. Here's the link: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22904 There might be others too. N 2009/4/14 Andrei Thorp <garoth@xxxxxxxxx> > Also, there is a custom Arch kernel for Eee somewhere on AUR, iirc. > It's optimized for the system and rather nifty from what I hear. My > friend tried it with great success. > > -AT > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Nicolas Bigaouette > <nbigaouette@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have an EeePC 1000 and it works fine with Arch. It's running KDE 4.2 > > without problem. You'll always need to tweak those small machines since > they > > are not that powerful. For example you might want a lighter DE then KDE, > > like XFCE or LXDE. > > Are you talking about darcs, the distributed revision control system? If > so > > I don't know. I am using subversion and git though. Its quite independant > of > > the machine... > > You can avoid anybody you want, but I would suggest you stay away from > Kim > > Jong-il... :D > > > > I think any netbooks, coming with XP or Linux, will have good linux > support. > > Mine came with a derivation of Xandros, which I wiped and installed Arch. > I > > do have some rants about my Eee 1000 though. The wireless card (rt2860) > has > > a driver, but its quality is mediocre. I've replaced it with an intel > 4965 > > which is better IMO. The BIOS upgrades are not "stable" too: BIOS > upgrades > > changes the behaviour of the machine.For example, with the original > > firmware, some keys generated different acpi events depending on the > actual > > state of the machine (wifi on and off for example). After an upgrade, it > > went to a single event, and now its back to many events, but only for > some > > keys. Its a pain. > > > > I cant say for other types, but I'm still satisfied with my 1000 :) > > > > > > 2009/4/14 Maurício <briqueabraque@xxxxxxxxx> > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Do you had any experience using darcs on these > >> small Eee-like notebooks? Is there someone I > >> should avoid? Do you think those which come with > >> Linux instaled are always sure to run any Linux > >> distro? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Maurício > >> > >> > > >
