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#1 2010-04-23 20:05:07

bolle
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Arch Linux on Netbook

I havent used Arch Linux before, but i have gone through many tutorials about the installation..

I tried installing Arch on my old laptop, but i could get network working so i gave up..
but yeah

It wont be an EEE netbook, ( i dont really like those )  more like one of the ones with 1 gig of ram and 160 gig HD.

So, can i use a tutorial like..

http://willensky.blogspot.com/

This, and use all of those steps and then be done with it?>
And does anyone else here use arch on their netbook !? thanks big_smile

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#2 2010-04-23 20:12:00

cesura
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

bolle wrote:

I havent used Arch Linux before, but i have gone through many tutorials about the installation..

I tried installing Arch on my old laptop, but i could get network working so i gave up..
but yeah

It wont be an EEE netbook, ( i dont really like those )  more like one of the ones with 1 gig of ram and 160 gig HD.

So, can i use a tutorial like..

http://willensky.blogspot.com/

This, and use all of those steps and then be done with it?>
And does anyone else here use arch on their netbook !? thanks big_smile

Well, install it first of all if you haven't. Then post here the output of lspci so I can see which card you have cool

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#3 2010-04-23 20:19:31

bolle
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

Well, i havent boughten the netbook yet 8)

:S

so yeah, im just thinking now of what distro to use, etc.

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#4 2010-04-23 20:23:32

cesura
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

bolle wrote:

Well, i havent boughten the netbook yet 8)

:S

so yeah, im just thinking now of what distro to use, etc.

Oh ok, I understand now smile
Arch, of course, is my favorite Linux distro. If Arch didn't exist, then I'd probably go Gentoo. If Linux didn't exist, I'd probably go FreeBSD

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#5 2010-04-23 20:33:31

bolle
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

haha, alright, but do you think everything will be okay? like
screen size and everything?

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#6 2010-04-23 21:02:07

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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

bolle wrote:

haha, alright, but do you think everything will be okay? like
screen size and everything?

Lots of people use Arch on their netbooks (including me), and everything works fine.  Mostly has to do with the chipsets in the machines; read around the wiki, lots of pages on netbooks.


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#7 2010-04-23 21:15:14

cesura
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

bolle wrote:

haha, alright, but do you think everything will be okay? like
screen size and everything?

Usually Xorg will recognize the screen resolution when you install and configure it. If it still doesn't work, you could always edit xorg.conf.

And about the wireless, as you said, it was an old laptop, so it may just be past its expiration date smile

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#8 2010-04-23 22:37:10

pseudonomous
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

Just about everybody installing Arch linux for the first time should follow the beginner guide.

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#9 2010-04-23 22:48:34

bolle
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

Yeah, im reading that over right now, but do you guys think i can use that tutorial posted in my first post?
thanks!

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#10 2010-04-24 03:59:37

bolle
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

OKay, ive found out the netbook im getting

it is the HP Mini 110-1125NR ..

So do you think wireless, etc will work out of the box using that tutorial?

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#11 2010-04-24 12:13:36

eldragon
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Re: Arch Linux on Netbook

bolle wrote:

OKay, ive found out the netbook im getting

it is the HP Mini 110-1125NR ..

So do you think wireless, etc will work out of the box using that tutorial?

do your homework for us.... research on the netbook's hardware and post it here if in doubt (before you should search that hardware on the wiki and bug reports).

unlike some other forums, here you are expected to do some research before asking questions wink it will help you go by easier in the future ... you will be amazed on the ammount of info the wiki has (and up to date too).

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