[SLL] Netbook?

[Pann McCuaig]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 09:35, Glenn Stone wrote:

> I'm in the market for a netbook.  The big things I'm looking for (aside from
> the obvious, lightness (although relative smallness isn't nearly as
> critical; we can trade thin for more real estate)) are keyboard
> size/usability, screen size/pixels, and obviously, Linux compatibility.
> (Although one is semi-tempted to get one with XP and leave it mostly generic
> for various and sundry approprite occasions....)  
> 
> Recommendations?

Glenn,

Newegg had a $100-off deal on the ASUS Eee PC 1000. 1G of RAM, 40G SSD,
dual-core Atom N270 at 1.6GHz. Price point and feature set convinced me
to spring for it. I upped the RAM to 2G and I love it.

Came with Xandros (and I left that on as sort of an eeepc reference
disto). I'm running Xubuntu 8.10 from an 8G SDHC card. eeepc kernel
from array.org, else it's just Xubuntu. I have a one hour and 45 minute
train/subway commute, and this little puppy suits that fine. Battery
lasts both ways with juice to spare (if I want it to).

Cheers,
 Pann
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