Scott Robbins wrote: > The Aspire One is one of those netbooks that have become so popular > recently. I've installed CentOS on the hard drive model, and have been > considering doing a wiki article about it, and probably will unless > there are strenuous objections. > Go for it Scott. There is already a page for an Asus eee on the Wiki under /HowTos/Laptops/ so unless anyone feels the need for a section specifically for netbooks, I would think it would be right at home there. > The objections might come from the fact that outside drivers are > required for wireless, webcam, sound, and even wired ethernet. > I think if it's clearly stated that hardware isn't supported out of the box and you show how to get that hardware working in a way that's consistent with the distro packaging (ie, using a kmod package), then I don't see much ground for objection. It does open the possibility to debate how best to get those packages hosted in some form of repository but that may be a topic more suited to the -devel list?? > I have an article on my own pages, with a CentOS section at > http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/aspireone160GB.html > > Note that I used Alan's kmods--I also tested Wolfy's dkms rpms for the > wired ethernet and they also worked. I went with Alan's in this case > because kmods are usually a bit less work and they were the ones I was > using when I wrote the article. > > Thanks for any feedback. >
