[lug] Linux on Intel Atom?

[Jason Vallery]

I have an MSI Wind desktop (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167032) which has a
1.6 GHz Atom in it.  It works great as my development LAMP server.  I ran
into a few problems trying to load CentOS 5.3 on it because the network card
wasn't supported.  I ended up not wanting to deal with it and loaded Fedora
10 and it works fine.  I also put a 32GB SSD in it for kicks since I didn't
need much disk space.  It is crazy fast doing a file transfer over gigabit
ethernet.
-Jason



On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM, David Morris <lists at morris-clan.net>wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:36, Paul E Condon <pecondon at mesanetworks.net>
> wrote:
> > I saw the Acer 10.1 inch Netbook for sale at Costco yesterday. It looks
> > like a neat little package for travel. But I haven't touched Windows
> > for years, and don't intend to renew what little skill I ever had with
> > it. So, is there any prospect for being able to load Linux onto one of
> > these, and is it likely that it has adequate CPU to run email, text
> > editing, etc. ? The display card on the thing says it uses Intel Atom
> > chip, and has 1GB RAM and 160GB HD. Price is $350. Is this a "cheap
> > laptop" as was being discussed a few days ago?
>
> It should work fine.  I have an Asus EEE PC 701 with a CPU
> far less capable than the Intel Atom and it is almost
> perfect as a small travel computer.  Linux even comes as the
> default OS.
>
> There is a newer model available, the EEE PC 901, which uses
> the Atom processor and is a big improvement over the 701.
> Already discontinued, but still available new for about $285
> from still from places like ebay and overstock retailers.
>
> Personally, I prefer the EEE PC as it comes standard with an
> SSD, which makes it far more rugged for travel (a big
> requirement of mine!), though only has 20GB storage
> (expandable with SD cards).
>
> --David
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