Smaller model laptops in combination with Kubuntu, request for advice?

[Derek Broughton]

Donatas G. wrote:

> I have installed Kubuntu 8.04 on my wife's eeepc 900. Everything works
> except for hibernate (suspend does). Webcam is quirky at times...
> 
> I guess asus eee pc is (or will be) one of the best supported laptops on
> ubuntu. it has even got its own kernel prebuilt, so you dont have to mess
> with compiliation to enable webcam, wireless and so on.

This seems a little contradictory - it doesn't suspend and the webcam
doesn't always work, but you don't have to mess with things?

fwiw, there's no reason you can't run Kubuntu with the original working
kernel.
-- 
derek