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Karmeck

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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 16:07 Post subject: Tell me about linux	Quick Quote Quote

I re-installed a friends notebook today and it had an "instant os" on it. I guess it's something similar to linux. And I thought this would be grate for my arcade notebook that I have at home. So I ask you now what os start fastest and at the same time work with this emulator frontend that run on linux. http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Wah%21Cade I have a Asus Eee PC 1001PX

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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 16:30 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I've heard good thing about CrunchEee, perhaps that's worth a try. Besides that, Debian is pretty light-weight on its own, Linux Mint works very well, as does Ubuntu Netbook. Plenty of choice The instant O/S will indeed be some Linux version as well Join in on the war on LeoSatan

Karmeck

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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 17:03 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

but can i just take any instant O/S ? How do I know it work on my notebook edit Testing Ubuntu Netbook

dingo_d
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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 18:36 Post subject:

linux will work on any machine, I haven't heard of a distribution that doesn't work on any type of comp...

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Invasor
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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 22:09 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Some linux variants have better hardware detection, so it would be (a lot) easier to use them in the beginning. I'd recommend ubuntu/xubuntu or something similar (jolicloud for something more basic/pretty/simple, crunchEee is also pretty good).

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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 22:42 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Linux = IKEA for computers. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! "The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer

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Posted: Wed, 9th Mar 2011 22:45 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

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