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Xandros lite is OK ...

For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:

1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but you need to install a custom kernel or a different distro to use it.

2) The repositories of additional programs is pretty thin plus Asus is slow to get updates, even security updates. Other distos have them within a day or two, Asus takes about 2-3 weeks.

3) Can't run ip-tables for the firewall. Asus once again did not compile the modules with the kernel, so a custom kernel or a different distro is needed.

If you really want to exploit the full capability of the machine then you need to install either the full version of Xandros, Mandriva, or Ubuntu 8.10. All three have eeepc support baked right in, no need for additional configuration.

Edit:

Also with the full distros you can run Compiz-Fusion with almost all of the bells and whistles enabled. Mmmm ... eye candy.

Posted by: MisterMiester   Posted on: 10/03/08  (Edited: 10/03/2008 @ 09:23) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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