Comments on: What OS for Your Netbook? Duh, Linux!

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[...] 5) What OS for Your Netbook? Duh, Linux! [...]

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:27:32 +0000

well said @Dimble openSUSE 11.1 all the way.

Although for the total noobs Ubuntu is OK as it looks simple and is quite nooby.

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Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:46:45 +0000

[...] What OS for Your Netbook? Duh, Linux! I did a little experiment over the summer. I installed Ubuntu Linux on the family PC and walked away. That’s right! I left them there hanging – no support, whatsoever! Guess what? Not one, I REPEAT, not one said “I want my Windows XP back!’. With Firefox, Pidgin and OpenOffice they were cooking with gas and I neither got food burned nor was short-sheeted. [...]

By: NickF

NickF — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:54:41 +0000

I am inclined to say Ubuntu 8.04.1 or 8.10. I have a Dell Mini 9, which runs a custom version of 8.04.1. It’s great, fast, and reliable. However because it’s a custom version, it has its separate repository than vanilla Ubuntu, and the sad thing is that it is not being updated in months. So Although I really like Ubuntu on the mini, I must say Dell and Canonical should do a much better job in maintaining it…

By: Dimble

Dimble — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:32:19 +0000

opensuse 11.1