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Re: any record of SL working on asus eeepc?
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feddds <[log in to unmask]>
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feddds <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:40:06 -0300
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G thanks...next thing I ll do next year :-)
I ll be back with feedback on this.

By the way...hugs to everyone and lets have a good 2010!

feddds



2009/12/30 g <[log in to unmask]>:
> feddds wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I am very glad using SL.
>
> i am enjoying it, myself.
>
>> Our business is to program apps for our customers on opensource platforms.
>> Most of programmer have CentOS on their desktops. But in my case, I am a
>> marketing person and I find CentOS a little bit hard for me.
>
> if you are already using scientific linux and you do not like centos, then
> by all means, stay with scientific linux. one less distribution that you
> will have to learn and keep up with.
>
>> One issue remaining is to make SL run on my asus eeepc. Anyone tried?
>
> can not say that i have, but if i had an eeepc, first thing i would do is
> install scientific linux on it.
>
> from what i have read on fedora tsl, there are a lot of fedora users running
> fedora on eeepc's and several are using usb hard drives for booting.
>
> unless scientific linux does not have drivers for some special hardware, like
> solid state drive, which it should, as i can not see red hat not having the
> ability, i see no reason why there would be any difference.
>
>> Would SL boot from usb-drive on  this type of machine?
>
> if bios allows booting from a usb hard drive, then any flavor of linux
> should be able to if it has usb ability.
>
>
> give it a try, who knows, you may start a new trend. :)
>
>
> later.
>
> --
>
> peace out.
>
> tc,hago.
>
> g
> .
>
> ****
> in a free world without fences, who needs gates.
> **
> help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today.
> **
> to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it.
> to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it.
> **
> learn linux:
> 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html
> 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/
> 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html
> 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/
> ****
>
>

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