What I want out of Ubuntu and my eeepc 900

[B.J. McClure]

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 13:34 -0700, michael wilson wrote:
> Ubuntu will not be my primary operating system and the eeepc 900 will
> not be my primary system.  I want a little system to take to meetings
> and take notes and access the internet.  because I need to sync things
> with my windows vista system, I will enter appoints on google calendar
> and take most notes on google documents.  in meetings where there is
> no internet access, I will use open office writer and copy the saved
> file to a usb drive.
> 
> So all this integration into ubunti gnome and kubuntu is wasted space
> and wasted applications.
> 
> Everyone says I need to replace the Xandros with unbuntu because
> ubuntu is the greatest...if there a stripped down ubuntu that is not a
> text prompt, that is very basic and allows me to add things as I need
> them?
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Michael

Have you looked at Xubuntu?  Might be just the ticket for your needs.

Cheers,
B.J.

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