Linux netbook recommendations
Wanting to investigate the Ubuntu Lucid release, I asked on identi.ca for recommendations of modern netbooks. Here's the collected replies:
@gabe suggested
Get an HP Mini 210. Very solid unit, newest Pine Trail chipset. 6-cell battery gets me 6-8 hours of battery life, everything works. It even runs desktop effects smoothly. Easy to upgrade the RAM too, and there's an internal bay for an HSPA modem if that's your thing.
Best part: Keyboard is 97% of full size. One caveat: the clickpad is supported as a PS/2 mouse in Ubuntu. See LP Bug 516329.
@cmsj said
I like the HP mini and later Acer Aspires, but maybe an Ubuntu Dell Mini would be best? Just avoid GMA500!
and @toros suggested Toshiba
Maybe the Toshiba NB200? Intel Atom N280+Intel GMA 945, certified for Ubuntu 9.10. Here are the certified machines: http://ur1.ca/rd2w
In the meantime, I've refreshed my little EeePC with the Lucid netbook beta, but it's definitely lacking the CPU power to make the best of it.
