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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 01-26-2009, 10:59 AM   #16
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Any of the linux netbooks I've seen for sale in my area were under rammed with small flash storage. I did buy the xp acer one with a 120 gig hard drive and it is a terrific little machine. The standard 3 cell battery is not great - about 2 hours of working hard(wireless working)with Puppy Linux. 6 cell is available. This thing flies with Puppy. The display is crystal clear with excellent clarity and they have to be with the small size.

Realistically, these things are great for casual use. Quickly checking email at an internet cafe or chatting with Skype. Extended use is hard on the eyes and the small screen real estate makes it hard to manipulate documents and folders. 12 to 13 inch lappies are the best solution for travelling and extended use IMO.
 
Old 01-26-2009, 11:29 AM   #17
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I purchased the Acer Aspire One A150X with the 160 GB Hard Drive, 1GB RAM, and the 6 Cell Battery. I immediately loaded Debian on it and it's been great !! Check the link in my Sig for Various Linux Install guides on the AAO.

The Buttons being on the Side of the track pad while it looks annoying I don't really notice, the pad is so small to begin with on the netbooks that your finger barely moves to get to the buttons anyway. I was worried about that at first, but don't even notice it now.

The local store had an awesome sale on the netbooks, which is the only reason I ended up with the AAO instead of the Lenovo (they didn't stock the Lenovo). $250.00 off a $400.00 Netbook, what would you have done ? That's right, you would also be the proud owner of an AAO...


My other choice was the Lenovo Ideapad S10, Because I could get it with a Real Hard drive and it has Nice access panels to get to your RAM, and expansion cards without voiding the warranty.

Dell I ruled out due to Price and lack of Hard drive option. I didn't want to be limited to just a SSD


For nice reviews on all the netbooks check out the notebookreview site..

AAO http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4575
Lenovo http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4620
Dell Mini9 http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4578
MSI Wind http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4498

Etc.. they have thorough reviews for pretty much every netbook out there. not necessarily the Linux versions but the hardware is the important part anyway, the software is easy.



I should also comment I did not consider any netbook that did not have the atom CPU.. the other options just looked plain slow..

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Old 01-26-2009, 12:16 PM   #18
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I have an old samsung Q30, with extra ram and nothing else.

I will not change it until it brookes up.

 
Old 01-26-2009, 12:27 PM   #19
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Asus Eeepc 901, otherwise handy but it did take a few days to get used to the keyboard being so small (compared to a full-sized/"normal" keyboard). A minor thing was that some special chars such as |*(pipe) require one to press the fn key in addition to the usual (like AltGr), but fingers learned that pretty quickly, so no problem there..

Big pros are very good battery life, small size/weight and the handy icewm interface (mainly just big, nice icons to click on); some seem to complain it's "too simple" (and switch it to the regular kde desktop), but I doubt they're too simple for it -- anything that "needs" something else than it can be done with keyboard shortcuts or a terminal.

The storage (memory cards vs. a harddisk) might be a problem to some, but not for me; I don't get why anybody would want a light "netbook" and then pick a heavy old-school harddisk to have in it. Storage space can't be a problem; if I needed, for some bizarre reason, to have hundreds of gigabytes of space available, I'd rather use an external harddisk (that can be taken along just when needed, one that fits into a pocket) than carry one inside the machine all the time..

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