My Aspire One Page
I’ll update this page to show what I’ve installed and how I’m using my Aspire One, which came with XP installed. I continue to use XP as my primary OS.
CURRENT LINUX STATUS
Current distro(s): TinyCore 2.2/MicroCore 2.2
{Tiny,Micro}Core Linux notes
update coming soon
updated 24 August 2009 @ 20:47 US/Central
PAST LINUX STATUS
crunchbang 9.04.01 – 9 July 2009 – 24 August 2009
Updated/New/Recompiled Packages: See this page.
Default window manager: ion3
I removed quite a few default apps. Also removed openbox and dwm. Rather than firefox, I use conkeror. Most of my browsing is done in elinks. Replaced claws with mew for e-mail. My .emacs includes (server-start) and I have EDITOR=emacsclient in my mkshrc; with emacs running, all editing takes place in the same instance of emacs.
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Fedora 10 (Gnome) – 21 June 2009
Re-installed because it was the distro that worked best for me right off the bat.
Default window manager: Gnome (may install lighter window manager)
Changes from default: Replacing AbiWord with full OpenOffice.org suite, removing cheese, installing mplayer/mencoder.
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Debian 5.01 (Lenny) Sid
(Upgraded to Sid at 13:00 US/Central on 18 Jun 2009)
Default window manager(s): jwm
NOTE 20 June 2009: The upgrade to Sid was smooth even if it was a bit long (due to the number of packages and a slow mirror). I changed all my repositories to match Sid and changed my kernel to reflect that change.
Hardware issues under Sid: I updated xorg despite the warning on the Debian wiki page for Aspire One. As a result, my Synaptics touch pad can’t be used to scroll or tap (noticed similar issue using Fedora 11 from USB). I can live with that temporarily since I usually carry a small optical USB mouse with me (which works fine). Everything else seems to be working as well as or better than under Lenny. The webcam is using the correct driver so I can at least see stream from under various applications (e. g., vlc); I haven’t tried to record video yet. The card reader works when booted with a card in the left slot; I haven’t tried the right slot with an SD or any other card yet. The internal microphone works very well.
Software issues under Sid: I noted the seg fault issue with rhythmbox in a blog entry; rhythmbox seems to run fine without a MTP device connected. I’ve been fighting some kind of flu all week so my testing is at a very preliminary stage.
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