If you own a Asus S96S
 

I'm thinking about buying an Asus S96S

I have a few questions for anybody who has one/made one from barebone parts:

Any issues running Linux(state your distro, plz)?

and

What's your battery life (your hw specs: Processor, HD RPM, if you have a 9 cell battery instead of a 6 cell)

thanks.

You can try a live version of Linux distributions in that laptop.

:D i don't have it yet, i'm thinking about getting it...
i think i'm going to post in a laptop forum...

thanks everybody

If anybody wants battery life info or just general reviews on this laptop:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=135888

S96S running Ubuntu
 

Well most everything worked great with Feisty. The only issue has been the Wireless. I think I need the appropriate drivers for the motherboard because it shows up as "04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4229 (rev 61)".. ?? its an ipw220 which I have read works fine with restricted drivers on Ubuntu but I just haven't had any luck yet.
Battery life was about 1hr 50 min at full brightness surfing the net. It was identical in Vista. This really suprised me. I had heard rumors that Vista was so much more efficient. Maybe once I start tweaking each Vista will be the victor but with no power tweaking at full they are the same..

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2975

JM

thanks :D

that battery life is too short for school use...i think i'm going to start to reconsider...