[ale] linux netbook questions

[Pete Hardie]

One question is what will you use to write programs?  Eclipse is
somewhat heavyweight, so you'd need more horsepower
than if you use vi/vim/emacs


On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:30, Joshua Roberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am looking into getting a netbook soon. I think it will greatly aid my
> studies at SPSU, but I do not know how much power I need.  I would like to
> stay in the lower end of the price range, $250-$400. I mostly need to read
> books, write programs for classes, net surfing.  I have been looking
> at http://www.linux-netbook.com/, but I am still unsure of which product to
> buy.
> Can anyone offer any advice?
> Is there a preferred distro of linux to use? I was thinking of using one of
> the mint 10 LXDE, either debian based or ubuntu based.
> Joshua
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