I own two netbooks: an Asus EeePC 1000 purchased in 2009 and a ZaReason Teo purchased in 2010. Both still function perfectly; even their batteries are good.
I wanted to install a rolling release on both of these so I tried SparkyLinux. The installation went smoothly and, when booted fully, both netbooks work.
Both of these computers have Intel Atom processors, the ZaReason having a somewhat later version than the Asus. (The ZaaReason was modified by the factory; its original 160 GB hard drive was replaced with a 60 GB SSD.)
But, with SparkyLinux installed, each one has a separate, different, and annoying problem.
With the Asus EeePC 1000, the tap function on the trackpad does not work. There is no "button" anywhere to activate the tap function (as there is on most other distros). Does anyone else own this model and has anyone overcome this problem? In all other respects, the computer works perfectly with SparkyLinux. I just have to use the left button for left clicking. But I'd rather use the tap-to-click function. (I have never had this problem with any other distro I have used on this computer.)
The ZaReason Teo has a different problem. When it's booted up, everything works perfectly with SparkyLinux. The problem is that it takes between 6 and 7 minutes to actually boot up. At first, the boot process appears to be going normally. But then, after the SparkyLinux splash screen is displayed and for at least the next 5½ minutes (sometimes a bit longer), the screen remains blank and nothing seems to be happening until, after that inordinate length of time passes, the cursor arrow appears and the desktop finally loads. After that, everything works. Does anyone have a solution to this particular problem? (As with the Asus, I have never had this problem with any other distro I have used on this computer.)
I hope that one or more people who have had similar problems can help me because, otherwise, I really like SparkyLinux.
Thank you.