Anyone running F11 on a Dell mini ? (Or another mini ?)

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:42:27 -0600
Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 15:34 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > How is it working for you ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> 
> Do the netbooks (Atoms, AMDs et al) just run a plain x86_64
> distribution ?  Or does one need to mod a few things ?

For the Intel based ones generally a plain x86-32 distribution. It's a
win to compile a custom kernel optimised for Atom, and ditto glibc so
that you get the later instruction optimisations.

Be careful which Dell mini and do your research on compatibility. A lot
of the netbooks have unsupported broadcom wireless devices, and the Dell
mini-10 also has unsupported video (the 10v has more 'normal' video)

Another problem is that a lot of the touchpads on mini laptops suck so
try, test and see. I have a Dell mini-9 which actually gets used as a
firewall/router (small, built in console screen, built in UPS !) where
the wireless doesn't work and the touchpad isn't great, and a Samsung
NC-10 with real hard disk which has become my travelling box and runs a
full Fedora.

Definitely try before you buy...

Alan