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James Fidell wrote: > dave wrote: > >> I paid ?220 for mine a while ago. It is a nice machine. Runs Ubuntu just >> fine. The 120Gb disk was really 150Gb. >> >> Handy notes here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne but mostly >> works with a vanilla install. Shame about the junk they ship it with >> though. It is bound to put people off. >> > > Actually, my wife is very happy with the Linpus install (as are my mum > and my sister, I believe). I did have a couple of niggles, one of which > I haven't resolved yet -- it took a bit of fiddling to get it to see > samba shares and it doesn't know about the lpd printer protocol. > > James > I had trouble getting Linpus to work with a USB wireless modem on a friend's machine. Lots of trouble. With Ubuntu it worked straight away. The WiFi drivers need a bit of tweaking, but otherwise it is fine. It depends what you want it for I suppose. I wanted a small version of my main laptop, that I could take on trips without weighing too much. I can do all my usual work on it. If you just want email / browsing, Linpus probably does a good job. I've been running the android emulator on mine, which is good going. It is a bit slow though. D -- 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