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> > I was looking at netbooks on Ebuyer and found the HP Compaq 2133 here > > http://www.ebuyer.com/search?store=5&cat=10&subcat=2619 > > It gets great reviews but a lot of them say "This is a great netbook when you > ditch the crappy Linux and install XP." Mostly it seems that the wireless > networking and inbuilt webcam don't work, a pretty familiar story which I > won't try to solve here. > That 'crappy linux' is SLED 10 according to the specs!! - if they are calling that crappy I'd hate to see what they think of a few other distro's > Also, reading between the lines, none of these people are going out and buying > a new XP package, they're installing one they have lying around from years of > Microsoft based computers. This for sure is not helping Microsoft sales > figures. > > George > > PS I quite fancy this HP 2133 > I think it's a good spec for the money so much so that I bought one for our IT mad seven year old.. and SLED is staying on it! Dave -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html