I know I chimed in a little late on this one but I just loaded the netbook Remix on my netbook and I really like it. It makes my netbook easier to use. It came from Dell with Ubuntu 8.04 so it was in need of an upgrade anyway. I say go for it if you haven't already.<div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Michael Hirsch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdhirsch@gmail.com">mdhirsch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Van Loggins <<a href="mailto:vanloggins@gmail.com">vanloggins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I recently acquired a Acer Aspire One Netbook, and decided to try Ubuntu<br>
> 10.04 Netbook Remix on it.<br>
><br>
> I wanted to ask if anyone else on the list has used the netbook remix<br>
> version of Ubuntu and what your opinion is on it.<br>
<br>
I'm had my netbook for about a year and have been using UNR for pretty<br>
much the whole time. I think it is a great interface for a netbook.<br>
My desktop runs KDE, and I'm not a big GNOME fan, but I love UNR (and<br>
dislike KNR, the KDE Netbook Remix).<br>
<br>
On a netbook I pretty much always want full screen windows. I think<br>
UNR does a nice job of putting just a bare minimum of information at<br>
the top of the screen so that I can see what else is running. I can<br>
use the mouse or ALT-Tab to switch apps.<br>
<br>
I think the main launcher is pretty good with a reasonable<br>
categorization of the apps plus an easy way to put apps on the<br>
"Favorites" screen.<br>
<br>
I think the file manager could use some improvement, especially as<br>
relates to removable drives, but no one in my house uses files much on<br>
a netbook.<br>
<br>
We use our netbook primarily for web-browsing, including email via a<br>
web-mail client. That includes you-tube and flash games. sometimes<br>
we look at photos on it. Other uses are skype, and sometimes I'll use<br>
it as an SSH client, or some wacky thing like that.<br>
<br>
Everyone in my family uses it w/o trouble--me, wife, and two girls, 10<br>
and 15. I wish I'd set up my Mom's computer with URN instead of<br>
KDE--I think is is a great UI for a limited use or user of a computer.<br>
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Michael<br>
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