Windows-based EeePC cheaper than Linux one (APCMag)

Windows-based EeePC cheaper than Linux one (APCMag)

Posted May 7, 2008 19:48 UTC (Wed) by dmaxwell (guest, #14010)
Parent article: Windows-based EeePC cheaper than Linux one (APCMag)

The Linux developer support / Linux SDK for Eee PC at least sucks. The stuff they claim in their SDK PDF on how to add 3rd party packages to the Easy Desktop is incorrect to say the least. Packages mentioned in the SDK PDF simply do not exist...

I've no doubt that it does. However, I've found a better "development kit" for my EEE: "Easy Mode Editor" and a build host running Etch. I've found that packages built for Etch will install perfectly provided that:

1. They don't conflict or remove any package with "asus" or ""xandros" in the package name.
2. They don't replace any QT, kdelibs, or kde-core packages. The default interfaces and config tools are implemented with those.

This works because the Xandros Linux installed on these things is a bastardized version of Etch.

This leaves quite the large number of things you can build and install. I backported the latest mplayer from unstable with all the goodies enabled and installed that on my EEE among many other things. It's also running OpenOffice 2.4, Adobe Reader 8.1.2, the latest Flash, and so-forth.

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