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    Asus 1015PX-PU17 Netbook, OS for running VMware

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by After Dark, Sep 3, 2011.

  1. After Dark

    After Dark Notebook Guru

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    I am looking to wipe the OS on this to install a very minimal system so that I can run VMWare Player (or similar) to run virtual machines.

    Does anyone know what's best suited for an operating system to allow this? Since the netbook is limited on RAM, I don't want the base OS to hog it all.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    After Dark, Sep 3, 2011
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  2. JOSEA

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    After Dark, I am sure you would want to go with a LINUX distribution to accomplish this, but I am not familiar what would work well with the 1015 (AFA driver support etc). Do you have at least 2 gig RAM?
    IF you do not get any suitable suggestions, I would suggest clicking the red triangle under your user name & request that a moderator move your post to the Linux section of the forum.
    Sound like a good Idea to me, I worked on a buddy's toshiba netbook with 1 gig ram -- what a slug!
     
    JOSEA, Sep 3, 2011
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