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Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One

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From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject	Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One
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Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:

> 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.
<snip>
>> 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.

The OP might also consider antiX.  I found it worked very well on a
small Atom-based system with internal SD flash drive.

http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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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

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