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lucky13

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Posted: May 06 2008,01:48

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am quite nervous that Mr 13 will blow his stack when he learns the ugly details of my little crime.

There's no need to be nervous unless you wanna try that on my computers. :-)

My objection is that you would associate the DSL name in any way, shape, or form with it or give others reading the forums with your grasp (or worse) the idea that the way you've gone about it is sound, acceptable practice. It ain't either and Robert and John wouldn't release it because it's not acceptable to throw stuff together haphazard like that and pray it works (whether it does or not is beside the point: what matters is, is it working *CORRECTLY*? the fact you have error messages relating to mismatched kernel versions answers that question). That's not just my opinion -- look at your feedback here: "brave" and "fair warning." Not to mention "amateur hack." I admit I might lack the diplomacy of others. If you're going to take the time to do something, may as well do it right.

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oldtimer

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Posted: May 09 2008,15:38

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If you're going to take the time to do something, may as well do it right.

Fair warning to novice software professionals - that sounds like a maxim for a fossilized industry.

oldtimer

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Posted: May 09 2008,15:43

Hi -

Some people's main interest in DSL is for saving old junkers from the garbage pile. (Also an interest of mine.) However, when this mindset is brought to "DSL on the EeePC' the first impulsive is to recompile the kernel to enhance a traditional hard-drive intall.

That's what all the alternative distros and M$ are jumping in to do. And it's because EeePC owners don't 'get' the significance of a live OS. They only know their read-only Xandros will not release diskspace after apt-get remove.

To install DSL to the EeePC SDHC in this way would be particularly bad. It's about two paradigm shifts away from what I could forgive myself for encouraging - much like tearing apart a new laptop and using the pieces as a mainframe dumb-terminal. It may be an improvement, but it is also an atrocity. Why give up that freedom when the laptop can be used for a terminal AND a laptop?

So, I have DSL live booting from an SD card. Hardware may crash or get stolen, but the card is pretty safe in the bottom of a pocket. And a pocket OS is handy when traveling. It can be used at libraries, hotels, grocery store internet PCs!, etc. But eventually it is necessary that the host PC MUST NOT harbor a hardware keystroke logger. Sometimes the choices don't look good. Instead of lugging and watching a laptop everywhere, get something with WiFi you can lock in the glovebox of your rental car and use as a desktop when you get home - an EeePC.

Thanks.

tagori

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Posted: May 11 2008,08:32

hello

what do u think, does it work if i use the 2.6 kernel instead of the 'old' kernel? i want to use all of the hardware (especially the wifi-modem) of this little beauty.

i want to use damn small linux as base system for my eee-pc. i wanna use the ultra-mobile subnotebook as a very fast and secure surfstation!

i know that i could use a 'bigger' distribution (like ubuntu). but this versions are to bloated (in my opinion).

btw. is it better to wait for the new version (better hardware-detection)?.

kind regards, alex