Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:42:36AM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > 2009/5/6 Michael Pobega : > > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > >> > >> 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > >> > > > > Eee PC 901 :D > > > > 8.9" screen, 2.1 lbs weight

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Bob Cox
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 20:39:06 +0200, Leonardo Canducci (leonardo.candu...@gmail.com) wrote: > I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > 2. linux friendly > 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Leonardo Canducci
2009/5/6 Leonardo Canducci : > 2009/5/5 Nick Lidakis : >> You didn't mention price. Right now, Lenovo has a sale on its X series > I didn't. But I said cheap. And 1000$ is not cheap. An used X series could > do but I think it's not cheap either. actually used X40 are cheap but almost certainly I s

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Leonardo Canducci
2009/5/6 Michael Pobega : > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> >> 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) >> > > Eee PC 901 :D > > 8.9" screen, 2.1 lbs weight > >> 2. linux friendly > > I'm running Debian Squeeze on mine right now > >> 3. usab

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > Eee PC 901 :D 8.9" screen, 2.1 lbs weight > 2. linux friendly I'm running Debian Squeeze on mine right now > 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) Tru

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 5 May 2009 20:39:06 +0200 Leonardo Canducci wrote: > I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > 2. linux friendly > 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) > 4. with a decent battery

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:04:16PM EDT, Greg Norris wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > > Most eeepc seem to be well supported and some have a good battery > > life. nc10 seems good but it's not cheap nor friendly. dell mini 9 is > > really cheap but has li

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Greg Norris
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > Most eeepc seem to be well supported and some have a good battery > life. nc10 seems good but it's not cheap nor friendly. dell mini 9 is > really cheap but has little battery and bradcom wifi. So... what would > you recommend? I

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 03:00:56PM EDT, Stackpole, Chris wrote: [..] > My wife /loves/ her Ubuntu based Dell Mini 9. Personally, the only > drawback for me is I really don't like the keyboard. They rearranged the > key placement for some of the keys and it really messes me up sometime > (eg: the

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Leonardo Canducci
2009/5/5 Nick Lidakis : > You didn't mention price. Right now, Lenovo has a sale on its X series I didn't. But I said cheap. And 1000$ is not cheap. An used X series could do but I think it's not cheap either. > Always Innovating should be releasing their ARM based netbook soon. This is yet to com

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:56, Nick Lidakis wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: >> 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) >> 2. linux friendly >> 3. usable (

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > 2. linux friendly > 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) > 4. with a decent ba

RE: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Leonardo Canducci [mailto:leonardo.candu...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:39 PM > Subject: [OT] netbook recommendation > > I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should > be: > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use f

[OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Leonardo Canducci
I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) 2. linux friendly 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) 4. with a decent battery life (3h is not enough) Most eeepc seem to be well supported and some