[GRLUG] Pre-installed Linux on laptops

[Bob Kline]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yowzer.  16GB and below have seen
> > big price drops.  32GB haven't yet.
> > But Puppy Linux is less than 100MB,
> > perhaps compressed.  It does all the
> > common things:  seamonkey browzer,
> > scanning, e-mail.  One can sit in front
> > of the TV and surf and send e-mail.
> > Here again, it all depends on one's needs,
> > but for me 32B would not be useful, and
> > 160GB certainly not.
> >      -- Bob
>
> If you'd like something more full-featured than Puppy, you can squeeze
> Ubuntu Karmic UNR onto 4GB, and be very comfortable with 8GB.
>


Something to think about.  But for
me a netbook would be something
to haul around in the car, and just
be something to surf and do e-mail
with wherever I can get a Wi-Fi signal.

     -- Bob
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