[OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing

[Nick Black]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Niccolo Rigacci <osm at rigacci.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 08:37:25AM +0300, Nick Black wrote:
>  > Sounds cool - I'm hanging on for the 8.9inch touchscreen version :-)
>
>  It seems that the touchscreen will not be present in the coming
>  model.
>
Really?  I've read a few articles suggesting that it will have a
touchscreen - here's a couple off the top of my head.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080324PD209.html
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/eee-pc-gets-modded-with-a-touchscreen/

>
>  > Why did you go for Debian Testing rather than the standard Xandros?
>
>  Because Xandros is a rather ambiguous distro; there is not a free
>  official repository, several Xandros packages does not have a
>  clear license. Moreover Asus used a customized Xandros so if you
>  want to install some more packages you are forced to relay on a
>  mix of unofficial Xandros repositories, Debian Etch (rather old
>  packages), and others.
>
>  --
>  Niccolo Rigacci
>  Firenze - Italy
>



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