[CoLoCo] Linux netbook

[Kevin Fries]

I have a Starling, and its the best laptop decision I ever made.  It feels solid in the hand, descent (not uber fantastic, but really good) battery life of about 4 - 4.5 hours, and  has Ubuntu on it out of the box... No Microsoft Tax Rebate required.

As for the wireless, yes, its fixed, you need to keep up on the System76 Driver and all is well.

If you want to play with one, I live quite north now-a-days, so Longmont is much, much, closer than it used to be (I now live in Lochbuie).  I will also be at the Meet-N-Greet on Thursday night (Hanson's Grill at the corner of Louisiana and Perl in Denver, 6:30pm), I will have my netbook with me there.  Or, I can come up to Thornton, Longmont, etc and we can meet up then.  Just let me know.


Kevin Fries
Senior Linux Engineer
Computer and Communications Technology, Inc
A division of Japan Communications Inc
(303) 708-9228 x326
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From: ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Simon Engelbert [engelbert.simon at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:30 PM
To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Linux netbook

I love my Acer Aspire One and pretty much everything works out of the box with Ubuntu Netbook addition. Unfortunately I stepped on it last week and the screen is toast. Luckily I should be able to replace it.</sidetrack> If I was looking to get a new Linux friendly netbook I would seriously consider the System 76 Starling http://bit.ly/9eMsjD as it comes stock with Ubuntu and support....plus you are supporting the System 76 too. It also is very customizable which is really nice. I know there were some issues with wireless drivers in the past but I think that might have been resolved

-Simon


On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org<mailto:jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>> wrote:
Greeting all,

After seeing all the netbooks at the ISTE conference, I've been thinking of getting one of the newer Asus eee but seems they stopped selling a Linux model. Is that the case? I would consider a windows model only if Asus is honoring the EULA and giving refunds. I know more and more people are having luck with this but don't about Asus. If Asus is no longer Linux friendly, what is one of the better models out there? I like the eee because it's one of the few plastic netbooks that feels solid. I have a 901 that is nice but the keyboard is way too small. I also heard they may be releasing an aluminum one soon which might be cool. I know everyone has their preferences but is there a clear winner or two out there? The eee and the aspire (Acer) seem to have been the better ones in the past with respect to build quality and battery life. I really liked the early HP mini design with the metal case but battery life was really bad and it ran quite hot. Not sure what they are offering now. Anyway, any suggestions?

Thanks.

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