Re: [tlug] Overall H/W support for Linux on the Eee PC

[Dave Corning <dave@example.com>]

Quoting Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>:
> Wireless hardware detected but connecting to a wifi network with wep  
> failed using the bundled NetworkManager app which made this rather  
> useless.  So many of the wifi guis in Linux have been fickle in my  
> experience which is a shame. Especially on laptops.

I may try opensuse on the SDHC card slot on my 1000 to see how it compares.

I actually went ahead and put fedora 10 on here and I've got mixed  
feelings on it..

h/w summary:

what works:
ethernet
wireless
sound
fn keys for dimming the screen

what doesnt work:
camera
other fn keys
suspend
hibernate

I used this url to help with the hardware support, but I haven't tried  
to make the fn keys  work yet:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206114

After the OS install + obligatory 'sudo yum -y update', ethernet  
works, sound works, and the pretty kde4 gui with anti-aliased fonts  
looks nice (to me, at least.. i know others have complained about kde4)

Wireless, as others have said elsewhere on the net, doesn't work  
without an ralink driver.  However, that is now helpfully available  
for fc kernels on the rpmfusion yum repositories.

As a side note, I also tried (for the first time) to get my emobile  
D02HW to work in linux, and that went flawlessly.  I'm really  
impressed with how well this works in linux.