not *buntu for netbook.

Steve Holmes steve at holmesgrown.com
Sat Nov 21 15:30:08 MST 2009


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Another distro worth exploring and very scaleable is Arch Linux 
http://www.archlinux.org
I use it here on my desktop with its "rolling updates".  It reminds me
a bit like Slackware but the package creation and dependency tracking
is much better.  They do have bootable USB images too.

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:13:48PM -0700, Trent Shipley wrote:
> James Mcphee wrote:
> 
> > What kind of netbook do you have?   They tend towards odd hardware,
> > and not all distros work well on each netbook.
> 
> HP Mini 110-1125NR
> s/n CNU94438GZ
> p/n VM 135UA#ABA
> 
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Trent Shipley <tshipley at deru.com
> > <mailto:tshipley at deru.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I just got a netbook and it is running Windows 7 Starter. I intend to
> >
> >     promiscuously attach it to public networks.  I figure I can avoid
> >     a lot
> >     of heartache by changing the OS to Linux.
> >
> >
> >     I already have Kubuntu on my favorite desktop.  I like it, except that
> >     after every major upgrade it gets flaky for a while.
> >
> >
> >     1) I'd like to use anything except *ubuntu on the netbook.  What are
> >     some promising options?
> >
> >
> >     2) I assume I use a bootable memory stick to start getting the
> >     distro, yes?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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