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From: Greg Russell on 19 Jul 2010 15:40 I'm in the market for a small, wireless Linux "laptop" or "netbook" that uses a current, upgradeable distro. Does anyone have actual experience with any such devices that you'd recommend, please?
From: ray on 19 Jul 2010 15:55 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:40:45 +0000, Greg Russell wrote: > I'm in the market for a small, wireless Linux "laptop" or "netbook" that > uses a current, upgradeable distro. > > Does anyone have actual experience with any such devices that you'd > recommend, please? You may play hell getting one with a "current, upgradeable distro" that you can stand. Got one a year and a half ago for the wife - Asus eeepc from bestbuy online. It came with a brain damaged xandros. So I did a network install of Debian based on the Debian eeepc wiki. Works fine.
From: mjt on 19 Jul 2010 17:07 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:40:45 +0000 Greg Russell <me(a)invalid.com> wrote: > I'm in the market for a small, wireless Linux "laptop" or "netbook" > that uses a current, upgradeable distro. > > Does anyone have actual experience with any such devices that you'd > recommend, please? Best bet is to choose a distro you're happy with, then check: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ http://mcelrath.org/laptops.html http://tuxmobil.org/ -- Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crud. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: General Schvantzkoph on 19 Jul 2010 17:17 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:40:45 +0000, Greg Russell wrote: > I'm in the market for a small, wireless Linux "laptop" or "netbook" that > uses a current, upgradeable distro. > > Does anyone have actual experience with any such devices that you'd > recommend, please? Dell has Linux laptops and netbooks with Ubuntu. If you end up buying a Windows laptop or netbook make sure that it has Intel WiFI and non-Intel graphics. This link below explains the disaster that's happened with graphics in Intel chipsets recently, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODQxOA
From: Allodoxaphobia on 19 Jul 2010 18:49
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:40:45 +0000, Greg Russell wrote: > I'm in the market for a small, wireless Linux "laptop" or "netbook" > that uses a current, upgradeable distro. > > Does anyone have actual experience with any such devices that you'd > recommend, please? http://zareason.com/shop/product.php?productid=16216 Have owned one since December last year. I'm happy with it. The folks there are pleasant to deal with. Can be ordered with a variety of linux distros, or with no OS at all. One of the case color options is "legacy ubuntu" (i.e., pre-10.x.) I see they have a "Teo Netbook" now, too. They offer a number of laptops, as well. They do *NOT* offer any Redmond OS -- just a "No Operating System" option - which is the better choice, anyway. HTH Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux 38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2 * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm |