[ale] thinking about trying new linux distro on my netbook, any suggestions?

[Wolf Halton]

Try out AntiX.  It is pretty cool, and lightweight.

On 03/12/2011 09:48 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> check out some tiny distros like puppy. Most of the mainstream distros
> have a netbook version now. As I have the first gen Aspire One, the
> hardware is a bit strange. Most of the netbook distro's I've thrown at
> it were flaky in places. The latest version have all "JustWorked" for
> the ones I've tried. There's a netbook respin of Fedora that works
> pretty well. But I do like the puppy install a lot. Damn Small Linux
> is also really capable.
>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Van Loggins<vanloggins at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I've been running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 on my netbook, and for the most
>> part it does ok, but the netbook interface is a little annoying at times. I
>> wanted to ask if anyone on the list has a recommendation for a good netbook
>> friendly or netbook optimized Linux distribution, preferably something that
>> is debian based.
>>
>> right now I'm currently looking at Linux Mint Debian or possibly the Ubuntu
>> 11.04 Natty alpha
>>
>> I get messages on the list in digest format, so if you want me to respond
>> faster, copy me directly on your suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Van
>>
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