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Subject: Re: GNAT & GPS on Linpus Linux
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:12:19 -0700 (PDT)
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On 2 Apr., 16:22, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> Make sure that your GNU/Linux distribution comes with gcc,
> or has a known way of installing gcc.
> This should give you a good start. My order of preference
> would be
> - Debian
> - Ubuntu
> - anything that can run AdaCore's GPL Edition of GNAT.
>
> *However*, there may be a few glitches. At least one of the
> small ones from ASUS comes with a Xandros variant installed.
> While this is Debian-based, it is really tricky to
> get a gcc for this, if possible at all (other than just
> copying the necessary tree of files from some compatible
> computer). =A0You'll probably loose some multimedia support
> if you install some other GNU/Linux.
>
> See http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/

Thanks - all I can say is that it is the Linux flavour described here:
  http://www.linpus.com/products_1.php?pid=3D2
It seems to be a descendent of Fedora.
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