ASUS Eee PC 1000H

[Madison Kelly]

Neil Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 02:57:20PM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>> order in the BIOS.  I suspect that I'll end up with Debian on it (I just
>> got mine from the RBC promotion), so if there is anything strange with
>> that install I'll inform the list.
> 
> I'd like to stick with Debian when I get mine.  Will the wifi card work
> with Debian?
> 

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: You will need to work at it.

Out of the box, the wired and wireless network adapters don't work. You 
will need to download the source and compile the drivers. This means you 
will also need all the usual build packages and kernel source, so it's 
best to download and install using the Debian DVD. Keep a memory card handy.

Once you've got the network up, there will be some smaller issues like 
getting the Fn key combos working properly which will require some bash 
scripts, though they're out there so it's mostly just copy/paste.

The camera may or may not work right away. It did for me, but Ubuntu 
uses a new kernel.

The trick here is that the PC 1000H uses "bleeding edge" hardware (the 
Intel Atom CPU and associated chipset) and Debian is proudly behind the 
times. I have no doubt you can get it to work, but be ready to get to 
know your new machine quite well in the interim.

Madi

PS - If you do, please keep notes and post a wiki! If you don't have a 
wiki of your own, you are certainly more than welcome to use mine (link 
to my in-progress Ubuntu wiki is in the OP).
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