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The incredible, expandable Linux netbook

Posted by caitlyn on · 2 comments
The 451 Group; By Jay Lyman
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My Acer A1 netbook that I purchased three months ago has already had four operating systems installed and run on it — it shipped with Windows XP, then it had ref=”Ubuntu Netbook Remix 8.04, then I upgraded to UNR 9.10, then I went back to UNR 8.04. Oh and I burned an image of the Moblin OS onto USB and took that for a test drive, too. I’ve also used the Linpus OS that shipped on my wife’s Acer A1 and felt stunted and limited on both Linpus and Windows XP. So far, my preference is UNR 8.04.

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Comments (2)

Fie on restrictive devices that don't let you do anything but pay and pay and pay-- this article describes what real computing is all about, which is monkeying with YOUR devices that you own all you want to!
caitlyn Story submitter ·
...or not monkeying with them and having them just work. The point is that the choice is yours, it's not dictated to you.

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