<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Nelis Botha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nelis.botha@gmail.com">nelis.botha@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">Bruno Marques wrote:<br> ><br> > Hello all<br> ><br> > When the netbook craze started, I quickly got my hands on a Asus eeepc<br> ><br> > But, I was so quick at it that I got the 4g surf version<br> ><br> > Wich means its not running a intel atom processor, only has 512 de<br> > ram, and 4gb ssd space, with extra space for memory card<br> ><br> > It came preinstalled with windows xp, I removed it and installed the<br> > Ubuntu netbook remix using a flash drive.<br> ><br> > The thing is, because its not the powerfull netbook that are in stores<br> > now, with the NBR it is kind of slow, for the mouse to go from one<br> > screen to the other, it goes in long frames, if I disable that fancy<br> > NBR gui, and use a simple one, it becomes fast again<br> ><br> > I was wondering, what are good linux alternatives for this modest<br> > netbook, im looking for something that has all the essentials, and is<br> > quick, doesn’t need to have fancy graphics because it cant support<br> > quite well..<br> ><br> > Any ideas?<br> ><br> > Many thanks in advance!<br> ><br> > Regards<br> ><br> > Bruno Marques<br> ><br> </div></div><br></blockquote><div>Hi Bruno<br><br>I've never used it, but I've heard quite a few people recommend Kuki Linux. Its a lightweight Ubuntu based distro specially designed for Asus Aspire one with 8gb SSD hard drive. Its also uses XFCE. <br> you can read more about it at: <br> <br> <a href="http://www.kuki.me/about">http://www.kuki.me/about</a><br><br>Cheers<br><br>Josh <br></div></div><br>