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I just ordered a netbook. Any suggestions for what distro to try on it? Since I'm running, and used to using, Ubuntu I suppose Ubuntu Netbook Edition would be the ...
  1. 06-30-2010 #1
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    Sugestions for Netbook Distro?

    I just ordered a netbook. Any suggestions for what distro to try on it? Since I'm running, and used to using, Ubuntu I suppose Ubuntu Netbook Edition would be the obvious choice. But I have a hankering to try something different for a change.

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    I have literally just finished installing Zenwalk on my brand new e-machines netbook and it all works perfectly.
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    A search at distrowatch.com for netbook, brought up the following list of active distros:
    aurora, ark, ccux, crunchbang, easypeasy, goblinx, igelle, jolicloud, mandriva, meego, mepis, moblin, netrunner, opengeu, openmamba, peppermint, puppy, runtu, sabayon, toutou, ubuntu, and ututo.

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    Slackware-based -- zenwalk
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    I favor antiX-M8.5-i686. Good support, Debian repositories, quick and lean.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zenwalker View Post
    Slackware-based -- zenwalk
    Debian-based -- antiX
    Mandriva-derived -- PCLinuxOS-lxde-2010

    I favor antiX-M8.5-i686. Good support, Debian repositories, quick and lean.
    I do have a previous version Antix live CD that can with a magazine. Stuck it in my laptop and booted up. I must say it did seem pretty fast and low resource. Some things a little strange but I'm not really familier with it. I think I'm just going to have to download several and stick them on the USB and try them..
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