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AROS on NetBooks ?
« on: January 13, 2009, 09:43:56 AM »
I am in the process of buying a NetBook to use with AROS (native, not hosted) and would like to know if someone has successfully installed AROS on either:

a) EEEPC
b) ASPIRE ONE
c) ..erm..other :)


I need a SMALL "sofa" laptop/netbook and want to run AROS if the GFX+AUDIO+WLAN is supported somehow.

Anyone ?

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Re: AROS on NetBooks ?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2009, 12:23:27 PM »
I looked at the Bounties, and it seems to be one to support EEE PC already.

So after reading up, I think that installing AROS on either NetBooks is not the problem. The problem is to get audio and usb and wlan to work :-(

Ok, I can live without sound, but wlan is a must when surfing from the sofa with these types of NetBooks.

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Re: AROS on NetBooks ?
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 03:04:46 PM »
If you could try to install AROS natively on your EEE PC and the Aspire One PC, I would be very happy to hear the result as I am not sure which NetBook to buy. The Acer Aspire One (110L ?) cost close to nothing ($200) so it would make a nice Sofa Laptop :-)

My most important use would be networking. So if WLAN works (not via usb dongle) I can live with VESA modes and no sound and bluetooth and all the other stuff :-)

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Re: AROS on NetBooks ?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2009, 02:42:16 PM »
I have two of those dongles for USB. However, would AROS be able to use those dongles ? Does it have USB support ?

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Re: AROS on NetBooks ?
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2009, 12:17:20 PM »
And if the USB chip is a prism2 (RT73 e.g.?) it should work?
 

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Re: AROS on NetBooks ?
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2009, 04:59:06 PM »
...which means AROS on a netbook (or any notebook i guess) will be a non-networked machine. That kinda suck a little. It takes away much of the essence, imo.

Anyone else has a solution to this ?