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I was happy when I got Arduino working on a stock xandros eeepc 701 in this post . However Arduino has moved on, and Xandros has lagged.

Running the latest arduino versions (13+) and the eeepc on a stock xandros is not possible due to the fact that the compiler (gcc-avr) is too old (need 4.32+ to support the avr328) . There is no way I know to upgrade Xandros to the latest version, so I have been looking at other linux installs. I need the new version because otherwise I wont be able to use the atmel 328 based arduino, as it needs the new compiler. However, as this chip has twice as much program memory it is very very useful.

So this is what I have done to get it all working.

You should have a Internet connection, a 1Gb usb stick and a bigger card (I am using a 4gb sd card, I will be booting my install with arduino 17 off this card)

1) Download live iso from http://www.eeebuntu.org/ (I chose the base version as it is the smallest)

2) find a Windows or Linux computer and download http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ (This allows you to make a live usb disk)

3) use unetbootin to copy the live iso to the usb disk (1Gb or bigger)

4) boot into it by plugging in and after turning on eeepc, hit esc

5) you will see at least two options, chose the disk that has the eeebuntu on it

6) it should boot up and you will see some options

7) chose install

it wll ask you some questions and ask where you want linux installed . Chose the the bigger card/usbstick that you have (you could install to the 4gb ssd in the eeepc, but I like to keep it for quick bootup)

9) once the is finnished you need to install the other dependancies of arduino 17 (this section from http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Linux/Ubuntu

use synaptics and install

• librxtx-java (this will bring in the rest of the java development environment that you need as well)
• gcc-avr
• binutils-avr
• avr-libc
• avrdude

then download arduino 17
unpack and run!