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> From: Floyd Johnson > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:38 PM > > I'm considering getting a netbook in the next four months, and plan to shell > out no more than 350ドル for such a thing. > > Which netbooks have given you all the greatest Linux success, and which were > more turkey than penguin? First, define netbook vs. sub-notebook vs. ultralight... My mental definition is that a "netbook" should have no internal moving parts, which means no hard disk or fan, but I don't think that's necessarily a universal criteria. I like no internal moving parts because there is much less to break, and I won't crash the disk head when I throw the unit into a bag that gets bounced around, or toss it onto the couch. I've been *very* pleased with the Mini-9 I got from the Dell "outlet" store. Search the list archives for "mini-9" and you will find lots and lots of details. I upgraded mine to 2G RAM and 16G SSD and the grand total would probably be just under 350ドル with current prices since they went up a bit since I did it. Mine came with Ubuntu Hardy and I upgraded to Jaunty. Both Just Worked, but there are nuances which I documented in the messages in the archives. For example, the Dell stock image did *not* have 'noatime' or 'relatime' set in /etc/fstab, which is a Bad Thing on a flash or SSD storage device. Later, JP ----------------------------|:::======|------------------------------- JP Vossen, CISSP |:::======| http://bashcookbook.com/ My Account, My Opinions |=========| http://www.jpsdomain.org/ ----------------------------|=========|------------------------------- "Microsoft Tax" = the additional hardware & yearly fees for the add-on software required to protect Windows from its own poorly designed and implemented self, while the overhead incidentally flattens Moore's Law. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug