[TriLUG] Linux Netbook Reccomendations

[Michael Kimsal]

Where did you get your aspireone?  tigerdirect has one with XP on it for
$399 at their raleigh store, but I've not seen any linux ones in stores
around here.

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Alexander Ray <alexjray.ncsu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hey All,
> >
> > I'm looking at getting a little netbook to augment my current computing,
> and
> > possibly be a test-bed machine for some OS-dev experimentation.  Does
> anyone
> > have thoughts on netbooks that theyve had/used or heard about?
> >
> > Size isn't really a factor, but price is.  I'm looking at the computer
> from
> > sort of a more technical aspect; I don't really care about webcams etc.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
>
> I absolutely love my Acer Aspire One.  It's one of the least expensive
> netbooks (about $300) and very, very hackable.
>
> There is a large, active community with lots of howtos and articles on
> hacking and modding and installing other distros:
>
> http://www.aspireoneuser.com/
>
> The Ubuntu Netbook Remix works well on this laptop (I am told -- have
> not tried it myself).  The default OS is Linpus LIte, which is
> basically a stock Fedora 8 with some UI modificiations.  The default
> desktop is Xfce.  The Aspire One recently won this roundup:
>
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114478
>
> The total boot up time is approximately 15 seconds, from pressing the
> on button to having the desktop fully loaded.  Firefox takes 6 seconds
> to load and OpenOffice.org takes 7 seconds, which I find to be very
> fast given the minimal specs of the machine.  Mine has 512MB ram, 8GB
> solid state drive, Intel Atom 1.6Ghtz, and runs Compiz out of the box
> perfectly.
>
> I highly recommend it.
>
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