EeePC - to Fedora or not?

Slim Joe slimjoe2k8 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 02:28:39 UTC 2008


2008/10/13, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>> I recently acquired an Asus EeePC-1000
>> (the Linux version with a 40GB SSD).
>> I don't really like the Linux system running on the machine,
>> and am thinking about installing Fedora instead or in addition.
>>
>> What actually are the advantages of Fedora in this case?
>> Also, will I have any problems with WiFi,
>> which works very well in the current system?
>>
>>
> I have a eeePC 702 and it works perfect on FC10 the kernel-2.6.27,  I
> don't know what WiFi the 1000 uses but the eeePC  700 series runs the
> Atheros AR5007EG wireless,  and it won't work in the 2.6.26 kernels FC 8
> - 9 .
> The  rpm from Livna will also give you problems.
> All hardware on my E works perfect on FC10 , most of all the Webcam.

Does hibernate (suspend to disk) work with F10?
I'm thinking of getting one too (prob. the
cheapest 2G model). TIA




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