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Offline Webt

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Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« on: March 04, 2013, 01:49:33 PM »
I have a dirt-cheap (<£50) netbook, a year or so old, running Android Froyo, specs as follows:
Android os 2.2
Kernel 2.6.32.9-default
Build number generic-eng2.2Froyo Ver1.5.7-19700101.125959
CPU WonderMedia WM8650 800MHz
DDR 512 MB
4GB
Since the os is not modern enough to run some software I need, e.g. banking software, I have the brilliant idea of installing Linux.
5 questions: Will it work? Do I uninstall the Android os? Which Linux to use (I thought minime, or lxde, as they are both reputedly small)? Where can I find instructions for doing it from a pen drive? Am I wasting my time, and about to brick a perfectly good toy?
Feel free to have a laugh at the specs, and thanks for any links / pointers / help.
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Re: Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 02:04:43 PM »
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7227&c=qualcomm_msm7227

It comes with a ARM processor and PCLinuxOS is I86x only (Intel or AMD cpus).
There some distros supporting the ARM processors.
Look at www.distrowatch.com what is the best for you.
Maybe Debian, Buntus or Fedora...

JohnW
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Re: Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2013, 02:06:35 PM »
Quote from: JohnW_57 on March 04, 2013, 02:04:43 PM
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7227&c=qualcomm_msm7227

It comes with a ARM processor and PCLinuxOS is I86x only (Intel or AMD cpus).
There some distros supporting the ARM processors.
Look at www.distrowatch.com what is the best for you.
Maybe Debian, Buntus or Fedora...

JohnW


Yes.

It looks like you beat me to it.
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Re: Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 02:12:45 PM »
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Re: Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2013, 02:14:15 PM »
Er, thanks for the swift replies, I am missing something here, why did you post this link:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7227&c=qualcomm_msm7227
Is it related to my toy being an ARM, said he ignorantly?
I'll swan over to distrowatch and see what comes up.
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Re: Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2013, 02:16:17 PM »
The banking software also needs to be available for the  ARM/Linux combination, or you'd be wasting your time.
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Re: Advice needed, which Linux to install on a cheap old netbook if poss
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2013, 02:19:35 PM »
Did google with "WonderMedia WM8650 800MHz" for what cpu it have.

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