[Novalug] Linux on Tablet PC's

[Beartooth]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Michael Hans wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good distribution to install on a Tablet 
> PC? I know most distributions will work out of the box as most 
> touch-screen interfaces so I've been told operate like a 
> generic mouse, but if that distro was suited (had some extra 
> integration/bells & whistles) for Tablets that would be great.

 	Thanks to invaluable help here, I've just finished 
installing Eeebuntu Base on an EeePC 701 -- the earliest, slowest 
model.

 	I went with Base (the smallest version of Eeebuntu), and 
skimmed through the "All" list in synaptic, looking for installed 
thing. Of course I spotted some things I'd've added anyway (such 
as Pan) and some I added to try, or because I use them on real 
computers (like Konqueror and K3B).

 	At present, with a 4 GB drive and a 4 GB camera card 
(which df -h doesn't seem to see), I'm showing 2.2 of 3.5 (or 
65%) in use, and 1.2 GB available. I expect to improve that some 
by going through the synaptic sub-categories; I won't do chat, 
nor games, nor dialup, nor a variety of other things.

 	Once I got it started properly (taking account of 
plugging and unplugging the USB CD/DVD drive, which I hadn't 
expected to affect the BIOS the way it did), it installed with no 
trouble, rebooted with no trouble, and boots fast -- a minute or 
so -- as well as connecting wirelessly with no trouble.

 	This on a machine I've had no end of trouble with using 
Puppeee, Fedora, Eeedora, and six or eight more.

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