FC9 for a ASUS Eee 700

[Robert Moskowitz]

Jim wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I jsuyt purchased a mildly used ASUS Eee 700 (something, seller was 
>> not explicit) from ebay.
>>
>> Has a 4Gb SSD and 512Mb ram. Also an SD slot. It is coming with some 
>> Linux (assume Ubuntu?), but want something I am more used to. I would 
>> have gone with Centos, but could never get my SD slot on my HP nc4010 
>> working.
>>
>> So I figured I want a little stablity so I would go with FC9 (really 
>> 9.5) and I should get enough to fit on that 4Gb drive (2Mb swap for 
>> hibernation to swap). And I should be able to get virtual windowing 
>> to work so I have a large enough desktop for most things I will be 
>> doing.
>>
>> Is FC9 the way to go, or should I take the dive with FC10? What are 
>> others running on their Eee?
>>
>>
> I have a 700 with 8gb SSd and it's going to be tight to get anything 
> on it .
> I have FC10 and all hardware has drivers for it in FC10. Easy install.
> I would suggest you allocate 3gb to / and 1gb to /home , to get a 
> deceit install . 
With only 4Gb, I was considering putting it all in one partition, and 
not risk a miscalc. Then put most of my work on an SD card. Do larger SD 
cards use more power? 8Gb are out, so I could have almost nothing in 
/home, and put almost everything on the SD card.