[GRLUG] Eee PC

[David Pembrook]

On 3/23/2011 10:10 AM, David Wise wrote:
> I have a friend with an EeePC 900 that I am considering picking up for 
> my wife. It originally came with Windows XP, but has been running 
> Kubuntu for some time now. I'll be wiping it and starting from scratch 
> and am wondering what the desktop environment or even distribution of 
> choice is around here. I am most leaning toward installing LMDE, but I 
> am open to changing that with the right arguments.
>
> I'm really looking for something with a decent amount of polish, but 
> preferably a relatively light footprint. I just saw Ubuntu Netbook 
> remix with the Unity desktop (whatever that is) and it looks quite 
> intriguing. I'm just kind of shying away from Ubuntu since I'd rather 
> not have to reinstall every six months.
>
> It's an older EeePC 900 with I believe a celeron Mobile processor and 
> an 8GB SSD, but it has been upgraded to 2GB RAM. On second thought, is 
> this even a decent deal for $100?
> --
> Dave

I had one of these. Mine came stock with Linux. It wasn't a bad system. 
My daughter wanted it but it didn't get used so I resold it for around 
$100. I broke even on mine. I've handled slicker netbooks, it worked but 
didn't impress me.

Dave

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