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On 03/13/2012 10:38 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:

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> On 03/13/12 09:00, Louigi Verona wrote:

>> Hey guys!

>>

>> Every once in a while this question is asked on the list. This time it is

>> me. I want to buy a netbook, for it to be easy to carry around and have

>> long battery life.

>> My wife has a Samsung X120, which is great. She runs Photoshop on it

>> quite

>> fine. But it is out of stock almost everywhere.

>>

>> I was wondering if anyone of you can advice a netbook that will work well

>> with Linux (I use Ubuntu) and yet have enough performance to work with

>> Linux Audio.

>>

>

> Hello Louigi,

>

> I think anything will do as long as it runs Linux. I have a cheap

> Packard Bell (part of Acer) and it works fine for me besides some

> quirks. I basically chose it because it had a 11,6" screen and a

> full-size keyboard. If I'd to buy a new one I would pick one out that

> fits my needs, check if the hardware is supported and then I'd buy it

> online.

>

> Best,

>

> Jeremy

I have a friend whose household uses a mix of Asus and Toshiba netbooks

for everything except a single full-size server tower. They all run

Debian Linux just fine. The Toshibas have very good keyboards. He

doesn't do pro audio on them, so he's been happy with the built-in Intel

sound hardware.
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David

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