[GRLUG] Netbook OS (was: The battle of the distros)

[Jay.Hollinger at L-3com.com]

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.

 

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! 

 

Thanks,

Jay

 

 

 

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:22:22 -0500

From: "Michael Mol" <mikemol at gmail.com>

Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Netbook OS (was: The battle of the distros)

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Colin Vallance <grlug at tankrip.com>
wrote:

> So while we're on the topic of distro nitpicking...

> 

> Has anyone bought/used any of the "netbooks" that are out?  I'm 

> thinking hardware like the Acer Aspire one and the Asus Eeepc.  If so 

> what do you think of their custom tweaked linux distros and have you 

> swapped them out for something else?

 

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.

 

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:wq

 

 

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