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Re: [PLUG] Hitting the Netbooks
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Art Alexion wrote:
On Sunday 20 September 2009 19:08:22 Lincoln Fessenden wrote:
Art Alexion wrote:
The Acers have the best keyboard, but I still do not trust this brand
with providing quality hardware. Cannot vouch for Linux compatibility,
either.
Aroo?? Been running Linux on Acer laptops for 5 years now. Never had a
problem with them.
Admit to lacking personal experience, in part because I have heard so much
negative about them. I am glad you had a good experience, especially because
we just bought two for the boss and his wife.
I generally don't recommend Acer, but that's mostly due to bad memories
of them during the PII era. There are three Eee PCs in my family, a
900, a 900A, and a 901. The default install has a nigh-unusable
interface, and all have been replaced with various flavors of Ubuntu.
The general sentiment is that they're great, not the least because the
900 and 900A can be picked up new or refurbished for under $150 (try
woot.com).
Linux on them has been basically flawless. When I first got my 901 I
had to use Ubuntu Eee, which came with the array.org kernel--basically
the stock Xandros kernel transplanted into a different distro. I've
tried stock Ubuntu 9.04 recently and it works with everything right out
of the box. So yeah, another redundant vote for Asus, just like the
2,044th five-star review for the WRT54GL on NewEgg.
--Gordon
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