Netshroud Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hi guys! What do you think the best Linux distro is for an Acer Aspire One (Intel Atom, 512MB RAM, 8GB SSD), and why? I have Ubuntu 9.04 on there now, but I was wondering if there was a better one, maybe one slightly faster. I'm thinking of giving the Ubuntu Netbook Remix a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydT0ne Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I found some info here... Best linux for netbooks? A lot can be found in google...but yeah if we googled all our questions, there'd be no need for forums, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merctom Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 have a look at jolicloud - got it off of techzilla, looks pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 have a look at jolicloud - got it off of techzilla, looks pretty good. fuck jolicloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 fuck jolicloud. You gonna expand on that at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 naw, just from my personal experience with it.... i don't like it. so i thought i'd provide my pointless unhelpful comment to this topic. ;) feel free to rm it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Arch Linux. You can get custom kernels that are made for your specific netbook that make it perform great, even with low specs. And because Arch is so minimal and you only install what you need you don't have to really worry about your 512mb memory restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritchard9 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 +1 on my holmes dr0p. I love arch Linux. Running great on an old Dell 1.8Ghz Pentium M, 512MB RAM. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyed14 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 ubuntu netbook remix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godane Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 @dr0p I have a archlinux live cd that could be of use to you. Link here. It has xfce for desktop. There is a installer and unetbootin on iso too. You can also use powertop to find how much power is being used. It has some of the hak5 tools in the iso too. :D here is a list of some of the tools you may like: aesfix aeskeyfind airpwn asleap bcwipe cowpatty amap aircrack-ng john dsniff Recovery tools: ddrescue testdisk foremost autopsy magicrescue I figure this tools would be good enough to have on a livecd for recovery reasons. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkNinja Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I have run almost every distro that you can imagine (aside from the non-mainstream ones) and I would reccomend either the Ubuntu NetBook Remix or Arch Linux. The Ubuntu NetBook Remix is great because it is designed for the netbooks, and you don't get the problem (as much) of the application window being too big and not being able to click any of the buttons (which will make you VERY angry after a while). And I guess the big thing for Arch for me was the speed. Because you only install what you need, you don't have a bunch of useless crap running on it, especially on startup (although im sure the NetBook remix is quite less bloated than it's desktop counterpart). I would really recommend whatever you feel the most comfortable with. If you are used to running Ubuntu or its derivatives on your desktop or other laptop, use it, if you don't really care, find one you like. I've gone through about 20 different distributions on my AA1, and I am gonna stick with the Ubuntu NetBook remix I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 @dr0p I have a archlinux live cd that could be of use to you. Link here. It has xfce for desktop. There is a installer and unetbootin on iso too. You can also use powertop to find how much power is being used. It has some of the hak5 tools in the iso too. :D here is a list of some of the tools you may like: aesfix aeskeyfind airpwn asleap bcwipe cowpatty amap aircrack-ng john dsniff Recovery tools: ddrescue testdisk foremost autopsy magicrescue I figure this tools would be good enough to have on a livecd for recovery reasons. Hope this helps. I dont need Hak5 tools on the netbook, I'm just configuring it for a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Netbook remix is okay, not a fan of that launcher thingy. Just straight ubuntu works pretty well. I've not had too many issues with window sizes, you'll get the same thing with remix. You could try fluxbuntu, which has a lighter weight window manager. There's also the intel moblin, which I though was pretty slick, but didn't support my eee 701 very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wh1t3 and n3rdy Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 On my 701 I run eeebuntu which runs quite well. I tried Jolicloud, used it twice. Keep 9.04 on there and upgrade the ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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