syn.theti.ca » free http://syn.theti.ca debian, eeepc, kids & f/oss software Tue, 25 May 2010 11:50:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Install Debian on your Eee PC over wireless http://syn.theti.ca/2008/04/06/install-debian-on-your-eee-pc-over-wireless/ http://syn.theti.ca/2008/04/06/install-debian-on-your-eee-pc-over-wireless/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:20:00 +0000 Ben Armstrong Installing Debian on your Eee PC is even easier now, as the option to install over wireless is now present in our custom debian-installer image. Also, the new installer automates installation of many more things than prior releases, so wireless, acpi hotkeys and suspend all ‘just work’ out of the box.

Two barriers remain to including wireless support for the Eee in Debian main. The first is the lack of wireless support in the official d-i installer. The second is the dependency on the non-free madwifi driver. I have no illusions about this being ready for Lenny, but I hope in Lenny + 1 this will be realized.

The good news is that Nick Kossifidis is working on getting support for the Eee into ath5k. For patches, see: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mickflemm.

I have created a stub page FreeYourEee in our wiki about making a completely DFSG free install of Debian on the Eee. I encourage anyone going this route to contribute.

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