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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2015 21:39:24 +0100
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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.