Adam Turoff wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org> wrote: >> I've decided to shop around for other options when it comes to a Debian >> distro to put on my Eee PC 900. Since it has no HDD I want something >> that isn't too bloated (some is all right) and ideally leaves up to me >> what to install and what not to. > > I got an Eee PC this winter and I started playing with Arch Linux on it. > Seems nice in theory, but the hardware is weird enough that you'll > need to spend a lot of time fiddling to get the right modules installed > properly > to get things like wifi working. Quickly turned into an exercise in yak > shaving > instead of haskell hacking. > > Eeebuntu is a good choice. The base install supports everything without > configuration, and doesn't install a whole mess of stuff you don't need. > Based on the 8.10 release and includes the Array kernel that supports > all of the funky hardware. Might be slightly out of date, but that's > easily remedied.
Interesting, but how is it when it comes to availability of up-to-date Haskell packages? If it's based on Ubuntu 8.10 then I'd expect out of date GHC and a need to use cabal-install extensively. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe Haskell is an even 'redder' pill than Lisp or Scheme. -- PaulPotts
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