[Cialug] simple Linux laptop needed

[Afan Pasalic]

TJ,
I'm Sam's Club member - if you need anything.

Afan



TJ Vance wrote:
>
> I've heard the acer aspire one goes for $199 at sams club, works with 
> hardy+ from the box.  I'm thinking of stopping by but haven't conned 
> one of my cardholding friends into it just yet.
>
> Cheers
> TJ
> (sent from android)
>
>> On Jan 20, 2010 10:43 PM, "Matt Stanton" 
>> <inflatablesoulmate at brothersofchaos.com 
>> <mailto:inflatablesoulmate at brothersofchaos.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I can't say enough good about the HP Mini 1030NR that I got, running
>> Ubuntu Karmic (9.10).  Everything works out of the box, and it's pretty
>> reasonably fast for a netbook.  I would imagine that netbook hardware
>> has probably changed a lot since I bought mine, though.  The things that
>> tend to change with stuff like this from large computer manufacturers
>> are the wifi chipsets and sound drivers...  This particular netbook
>> works with karmic, but I had a lot of sound issues with jaunty.  The
>> wifi chipset worked with jaunty and karmic via proprietary drivers.
>>
>> The main reason I got the HP was for the keyboard buttons being 93% of
>> full-size.  It helps with the fat-finger typing I'm so fond of
>> accidentally performing. :P
>>
>> Josh More wrote: > Is a netbook an option? I can make you a good 
>> deal. > > -Josh > > Mobile email ...
>>
>> > 
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