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@deru.com
> > <mailto:tshipley@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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