[ubuntu-in] Netbooks - suggestions and advise

[Ramnarayan.K]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Narendra Diwate
> <narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can you share your reasoning for installing a full Linux distro rather than
>> something more designed with a netbook in mind, like UNE. Don't know if any
>> other major ones exist. Know only of Puppeee.

@ Ubuntu Netbook Version
http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/features

Its supposed to be customized for an atom processor - would the hard
ware experts please say how a vanilla ubuntu version would differ.
Second related question what does this 4 processor core really mean,
esp in the context of Ubuntu Linux

Third the "Unity" Interface - its quite easy to install just search
for netbook launcher - funnily this netbook launcher is far more
usable on a larger screen then a small screen - (esp if you are a
regular ubuntu user with tonnes of customization) . I installed it and
then very quickly uninstalled it as it was difficult to navigate - too
slow for my liking in ease of access to what i wanted

Apart from that all these so called social connectivity features etc
are already there and i think user specific. The use of these netbooks
(for who i am setting them up) is less for connectivity and more for
regular use - just that they are cheaper and more mobile.

ram