From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5033dff4d63fe27a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!bigfeed2.bellsouth.net!bignumber.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!bignews8.bellsouth.net.POSTED!c42b4e79!not-for-mail From: "Brian Gaffney" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <740moaF119la3U1@mid.individual.net> Subject: Re: GNAT & GPS on Linpus Linux X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@bellsouth.net X-Abuse-Info: Please forward a copy of all headers for proper handling X-Trace: mabncmnekmdohbabdbdpiflmbcekedmfhojhikkbagflhcbofiaklebndclgpkiiddckcdbfebaeghjnjbdfjfkjkloofplgajccdcabepbpoihcipkjhpnjfbccflaeenejbmdjogmchmbcomlgcccebcdfdbbm NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:43 EDT Organization: BellSouth Internet Group Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 17:34:43 -0500 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5432 Date: 2009-04-09T17:34:43-05:00 List-Id: I have an eeePC 900 (9" screen). It comes with Xandros, but I don't use that much, so haven't looked into installing too much on it. But I do have Ubuntu installed on an SD card, with GNAT installed. I have had no problems with that (I don't use GPS, etc.). There are several eee-specific Ubuntu (and other) distributions. What I did was added an eee-specific repository and installed a few packages, including an optimized kernal. I haven't found anything that doesn't work on it. (The only problem with the way I installed was that I needed to use an ethernet cable until I had installed the unique packages - it was just easier.) "Alex R. Mosteo" wrote in message news:740moaF119la3U1@mid.individual.net... > gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am about to buy a mini-laptop with the Linpus operating system >> installed, which is a variety of Linux if I understand well. >> Did someone have experiences with GNAT and GPS (GPL) on such a beast ? >> Any advice about which version / distro / whatever to use ? >> I have close to zero experience with Linux and would like to keep the >> maintenance to the minimum - in order to keep enough time for >> programming :-). > > 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. However, if some day it breaks, I will > go for either eeebuntu or the ubuntu netbook remix variants. I've read > that > most hardware in the aa1 is functional with these, barring some minor > things. > > To your question: never tried to install gnat on linpus, but certainly it > works on ubuntu, and you can get ubuntu running on the aa1 with relative > ease (although if you have the 512M ram version it can be a real problem. > It > will boot to desktop okay, but once you open a firefox and something else > it > will be a lazy dog. And gnat/gcc can require some good memory sometimes). > > OTOH, once you break out of the default linpus gui, with yum you can > install > a great deal of F8 packages, which may allow for gnat on linpus. Never > tried, though. > > However you say you have little linux experience, and I'm afraid that in > any > case you'll need some initial tinkering for any of the options to succeed. > So brace yourself... ;) > > Some links: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne > http://www.eeebuntu.org/ > http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr >