After some thought., I came to the conclusion that it will go anywhere I damn well please.
Without further ado, we now move on to the next post.
I broke my netbook the other day. Turns out I haven't outgrown my Ubuntu/Eeebuntu diapers yet.
Tried to install a smaller, adapted version of Debian; but since the version was based on “Lenny” rather than the newer (albeit unstable) “Sid”, all of the packages (programs, applications and such) were out of date. Installing Sid on my netbook sounded like a really bad idea considering the lack of stability, but then again I've only used Linux for about a year, Ubuntu at that.
To be honest, I would love to use Debian. Yet the swift, clean installation of Ubuntu is terribly rewarding, and is what has took up 90% of my computer use to date (as opposed to my pre-linux days where I used XP).
UPDATE: Eee ACPI settings utility has started to go haywire. No specific idea why; possibility that Xorg could be the culprit. Haven't messed with Xorg before. This wouldn't be much of a problem except that it's messing with my touchpad, and I'd like to be able to use that on random occasions. It first started refusing to adjust CPU speed, which was manageable since I don't really need high performance since I mainly use the thing for internet access, but now it's starting to piss me off.
I think I'm going to have to make the unfortunate switch to Ubuntu NBR temporarily until EB4 comes out – but methinks that may not solve my problem if Eee ACPI refuses to work.
Maybe a BIOS update is in order?
UPDATE TWO: Fixed the touchpad problem somehow. Either by way of modifying the settings to enable the touchpad while typing or by erasing the “4” after the string of line in the GRUB boot kernel for the latest version of Eeebuntu – or maybe both. So no Ubuntu NBR as long as things keep working. Here's to upgrading to EB4 in a few months!
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