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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com>
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Subject: Re: GNAT & GPS on Linpus Linux
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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:09:55 +0200
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Gautier wrote:

> Alex R. Mosteo:
> 
>> Perhaps you refer to an Acer Aspire One, which comes with linpus (I have
>> one). I don't like the linpus variant (is an old Fedora 8 with some
>> custom packages that prevent proper use of the full F8 repos), but I
>> still keep it because I love the ultra-fast boot.
> 
> It's exactly that beast - really amazing! The last time I had the
> impression to make a technological leap was many years ago. I'll try to
> install GNAT without changing the system: the idea is to have at least
> the same comfort as on Windows (and for what I can tell now all the
> pre-installed stuff by Acer is a lot faster and easier to use).
> I have some ancient exposure to Unix (sgi) which helps for the more
> technical side.

Well, just the other day I got fed up of the crippled linpus when yum ceased 
working for no clear reason (it just hung up). So I gave a shot at the just 
released ubuntu netbook remix 9.04 and I can say that I'm very satisfied. 
Everything works out of the box* and it's pretty nice visually speaking. 
Since I've got GNAT working in another ubuntu 9.04 box without issue, this 
is also an option.

[*] Wireless led doesn't work and the right card reader is not hot-
pluggable. Boot time is longer but still feels quick enough.