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I have to disagree with the Acer Aspire One being unbearably slow under
WinXP. My wife uses an 8.9-inch one for her accounting business. She
runs Quickbooks Pro with no hiccups whatsoever. And it's a LOT lighter
to carry to client offices than something "faster." Having said that, I
have a few flash drives that I set up with UnetBootin
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net">http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net</a>) running Fedora 10 and several
Ubuntu based distros and it works great for that too. So far Fedora 10
has been the easiest out of the box.<br>
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Brian<br>
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<pre wrap="">Okay. Sounds good to me.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Omar Chanouha <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ofosho@gatech.edu"><ofosho@gatech.edu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I disagree. He just asked for the best netbook. I have used the asus
aspire with XP and it is unbearably slow. He would hate it. Also, I
have talked friends who are miles away through recovering seemingly
bricked PCs by installing Ubuntu. After the initial install, and a
breif tutorial they never had to ask me questions beyond, "what
program do you like for this?". None of these people were very
computer literate either, I mean they did brick their PCs in the first
place. Ubuntu has come long way in terms of user friendliness. The
only issue with the netbook is that to get everything installed and
working from scratch is not as simple as, "put in the disc and hit
install", which it generally is with a regular laptop.
I respect your opinion, but this is not some old man set in his ways.
He asked for the best tool, and that is Linux. Plus I would rather
help him install software over the phone, than help him remove
viruses.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM, James Sumners <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com"><james.sumners@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Did he ask you about a netbook with Linux instead of Windows? If not,
I really don't see the reason behind talking him into something he
doesn't want. All your requirements for Ubuntu (a pipe dream IMHO) are
present in XP.
I know that is contrary to what you would expect to hear on a Linux
enthusiasts mailing list, but it's the truth. You're dealing with
someone many miles away. You can't just pop over to their house when
something goes wrong (and it will). So recommending something strange
to the user just because it is your preferred thing doesn't make sense
to me.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Omar Chanouha <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ofosho@gatech.edu"><ofosho@gatech.edu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hey Everyone,
A friend of mine asked me about a netbook that comes with XP
preinstalled. I heard that XP is really slow, and I would never
recommend it anyway, however he lives in PA and I cannot switch it
over to ubuntu for him. I took a look at the tutorial on how to get
ubuntu running on it, and there is no way he is going to be able to do
it.
So my question is, does anyone have or know of, a netbook that comes
with Ubuntu preinstalled that they happen to really like?
I really need something that he is just going to be able to use.
Meaning he turns it on, everything works, Ubuntu updates itself
automatically, and he can just go on using the web without even
realizing he is using Linux.
Also, anyone have one they don't like, and why? Info like that is just
as, if not more important to me.
-OFosho, Miami Dolphin and Netbook Consultant
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James Sumners
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a>
"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59
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