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Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One

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On 2015-07-05 1:18 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> Readers comments on installing Android on my x86 Acer netbook are most
>>> welcome. I know that x86 versions of Android are out there but I am
>>> hoping for some high numbers like KitKat 4.4, or whatever.
>>
>> Modern Android ( > 4.0) requires a GPU else things are very very slow.  I
>> don't know what GPU you have, but I imagine the drivers are nonexistent
>> or terrible.
>>
>> Android is also not terribly fun without a touchscreen.
>>
>> It's possibly someone has cooked up a build of Android for your particular
>> machine, but otherwise I wouldn't expect a smooth experience with a generic
>> x86 Android.
>>
>> I'd stick with a lightweight distro of Linux, which is more likely to be
>> usable on your hardware.
>
>    Exactly! Norm X's Acer Aspire One (AAO) probably came with such a
> lightweight distro of Linux, namely 'Linpus', a (Red Hat) Fedora
> derivative, at least that's what my AAO had. It 'even' came with a
> re-install CD. The AAO doesn't have a CD/DVD drive, but it shouldn't be
> too hard to convert the CD to a bootable image on a USB memory-stick.
>
>    Anyway, Android sucks, there's no reason to infest a perfectly good
> netbook with it! :-)
>

That is right. I had to reinstall Limpus twice once every six months. 
You know Einsteins definition of insanity, so not insane, I install 
winXP on the 8 GB Intel Z-P230 SSD. I think that the fixed swapfile 
partition killed Limpus on the Z-P230 SSD. On the other hand WinXP has a 
relocatable pagefile and file file repair tools. WinXP lived on the 
Z-P230 SSD for five years until the Z-P230 SSD was so worn out that it 
failed 100%.

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Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-07-04 20:53 -0700
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Big_Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-07-05 07:40 -0400
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 20:47 +0100
    Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-05 20:18 +0000
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:39 +0100
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-07-07 15:17 -0700
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-05 21:58 +0200
    Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:10 +0100
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-05 20:25 +0000
        Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 22:02 +0100
          Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-06 18:37 +0000
            Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-06 20:24 +0100
              Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-06 21:42 +0000
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-05 22:27 +0200
        Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 22:02 +0100
          Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-06 19:43 +0200
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Ammammata <ammammata@tiscalinet.it> - 2015-07-07 07:03 +0000
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-09-06 17:08 -0700

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