[ale] netbooks - what is good with Linux?

[scott]

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Dell mini* work well.  I have a Mini9 and friends have the Mini10...

On Jan 24, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Edward Holcroft wrote:

> I have generally had good results with Acer. I also have an older Acer
> 3100, which is not really a netbook, but was one of the first
> sub-compacts to get popularity (paid a fortune for it when I bought
> it!). Again, things like camera, bluetooth and wifi worked out the
> box, which is more than I can say of either Vista (bluetooth broken)
> or Windows 7 (webcam broken) on this machine. Although I don't have
> experience with the N450, Acer has always been a pretty good bet with
> Linux in my exprience.
> 
> ed
> 
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 00:47, David Ritchie <deritchie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Heres the one that I was looking at MicroCenter
>> 
>> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0326168
>> 
>> which is the Acer Aspire One - N450, 1 GB (expandable to 2GB), 160 GB
>> hard drive...
>> 
>> for $299, it is has a good feature mix.. seems relatively peppy under
>> Windows, will
>> taking in a USB stick to try it out under Linux next...
>> 
>> The other option I am thinking about the Toshiba netbook loaded with
>> OpenSolaris and Windows that Sun is pushing through their website...
>> a bit more money though.
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