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Asus S96J successful installations of a linux based OS?

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2/5/07 at 2:26pm
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A while ago there was a problem with dual booting Ubuntu and Windows, the mbr would not come out right and mess everything up. That was with a Ubuntu 6.xx version. Has anyone attempted one now? I'm concerned about ATI drivers etc. Is there any sources that talk about the S96J working?

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2/5/07 at 6:39pm
the asus s96j is relatively generic hardware so i see absolutely no reason why a well put together distro shouldn't work out of the box.

the ati drivers will be a pain. even if the distro offers them out of the box (sabayon) or a quick 3 click install (pclinuxos) ..their performance will kill your experience b/c you won't be able to go to hibernate/sleep modes (fault in the drivers that ati knows about, but is not on the priority list to get fixed).

so that said... give pclinuxos2007 a run....maybe even elive. you should be in good order.
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