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<p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'>For what it’s
worth, I’ve been happy with Acer laptops, I had one of the first (windoze)
tablets that were out on the market and it was a great little machine. I ended
up purchasing an aspire for my wife (a flight attendant) who beats on this
thing endlessly. I honestly feel bad for the laptop – but it’s done
great for about three years now with no problems at all. I can’t speak to
hardware compatibility, but in the case of the “one” or whatever it
is… I’d assume that since they have shipped it WITH Linux, it’ll
work pretty well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'>Oh, and hi, I’m new
to the list. Seen some great conversations so far, and I’ve seen mention
of lug meetings starting. Let me know, I’d be greatly interested! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'>Jay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:22:22 -0500<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>From: "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Netbook OS (was: The battle of the
distros)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>To: grlug@grlug.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Message-ID:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <f5e00c450811110822x39436e3bwb6348cecb408bf7c@mail.gmail.com><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Colin Vallance <<a
href="mailto:grlug@tankrip.com">grlug@tankrip.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> So while we're on the topic of distro nitpicking...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> Has anyone bought/used any of the
"netbooks" that are out? I'm <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> thinking hardware like the Acer Aspire one and the
Asus Eeepc. If so <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> what do you think of their custom tweaked linux
distros and have you <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> swapped them out for something else?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I'd be wary of Acer hardware. I've been running an
Acer Aspire (With a WXGA screen...not the netbook form factor) for eight
months, and while Ubuntu runs well enough on it with some tweaks, it's starting
to get annoying. Things like the laptop release switch are coming apart,
the touchpad is positioned such and sensitive such that my hand sometimes
brushes its region of sensitivity while I'm typing, and the wireless toggle
button is also positioned such that I occasionally hit it while picking up the
laptop or even resting my hands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>:wq<o:p></o:p></p>
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