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Acer Computer Aspire One AOA110-1295 White

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from Dave, www.newegg.com
folks have put ubuntu and xubuntu on it with acceptable results.
from www.amazon.com
i switched to a version of ubuntu, and aside from a couple minor (and fixable) incompatibilities, my aspire one is now a fully functional laptop.
from spittenkittens, www.newegg.com
i just made a ubuntu usb flash drive and will see how well it works.
from roger, www.newegg.com
i brought the ram up to 1.5g and disabled swap and it runs pretty nicely (ubuntu).
from Richard, www.newegg.com
(ubuntu) it was a snap and now this acer operates as a full computer and not some dumbed down play toy.

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Positives: Nice Portability, Lightweight, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

2 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for UBUNTU

Acer Computer AOD150-1165 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$365.00 Est. at Amazon

from Sloak, www.newegg.com
upon it's return i will load ubuntu on it along with remix which is just my preference for an os although xp works great on this netbook.
from www.amazon.com
however when i tried to run ubuntu in a vm, it got stuck in grub and would not boot.
from www.amazon.com
it comes with windows xp but i installed ubuntu linux as well.
from www.amazon.com
i mean come on how hard it will be to add ubuntu remix to this little wonder.
from www.amazon.com
i have also installed 2gb of ram in it and reloaded it with ubuntu 9.04 and windows xp pro.

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Positives: Good Mouse Quality, Great Portability, Lightweight, Display Size: 10.1 in.

3 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for UBUNTU

Acer Computer AOD150-1920 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$310.00 Est. at Amazon

from craftgun40, www.shopping.com
review: i recently bought the acer after having a unpleasant experience with a 9 inch dell with a ubuntu operating system.?
from www.amazon.com
it comes with windows xp but i installed ubuntu linux as well.
from www.amazon.com
i have it dual booted for windows xp and ubuntu studio linux.
from www.amazon.com
however when i tried to run ubuntu in a vm, it got stuck in grub and would not boot.
from www.amazon.com
i mean come on how hard it will be to add ubuntu remix to this little wonder.

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Positives: Great Portability, Fast, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 10.1 in.

4 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for UBUNTU

Acer Computer AOD150-1669 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$416.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
however when i tried to run ubuntu in a vm, it got stuck in grub and would not boot.
from www.amazon.com
i mean come on how hard it will be to add ubuntu remix to this little wonder.
from www.amazon.com
it comes with windows xp but i installed ubuntu linux as well.
from www.amazon.com
i have also installed 2gb of ram in it and reloaded it with ubuntu 9.04 and windows xp pro.
from www.amazon.com
i have it dual booted for windows xp and ubuntu studio linux.

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Fast, Display Size: 10.1 in.

5 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for UBUNTU

Acer Computer AOD150-1577 Ultra-Portable 10.1" Netbook PC

$355.00 Est. at Amazon

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i mean come on how hard it will be to add ubuntu remix to this little wonder.
from www.amazon.com
however when i tried to run ubuntu in a vm, it got stuck in grub and would not boot.
from www.amazon.com
i have also installed 2gb of ram in it and reloaded it with ubuntu 9.04 and windows xp pro.
from www.amazon.com
it comes with windows xp but i installed ubuntu linux as well.
from www.amazon.com
i have it dual booted for windows xp and ubuntu studio linux.

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Positives: Good Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Fast, Display Size: 10.1 in.

ASUS Eee PC 904HA 884840343271 Notebook

ASUS Eee PC 904HA (884840343271) PC Notebook

$277.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
but, doing some digging, i found others that had similar problems with this ram (a lot of ubuntu users it seems, i'm running xp).
from dirkdaggerknife, www.newegg.com
3) a few days after getting it i decided to try and dual boot ubuntu on a partition.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
i would've opted for ubuntu, but this isn't mine, i just bought and set it up.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
installing ubuntu eee was a breeze.
from zunephobia, www.newegg.com
i can go a whole day on one charge, exactly what i wanted cons: speakers are not loud in ubuntu, they're ok in xp, but still not very good.mouse buttons are also not very good.

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Positives: Excellent Portability, Fast, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

ASUS 10 INCH 1024X600 LED BACKLIGHT INTEL UMA

ASUS 10 INCH 1024X600 (WSVGA) LED BACKLIGHT INTEL UMA GRAPHICINTEL MOBILE CHIPSETI (EPC1002HA-BLK006X) PC Notebook

$518.00 Est. at Amazon

from twixster, www.newegg.com
it runs ubuntu 8.10 well with some tweaking and xp runs like xp.
from nilli, www.newegg.com
i installed ubuntu linux 8.10 and the wifi, ethernet, sound are all working fine.
from www.amazon.com
everything works in ubuntu 9.04 (standard distribution) without tinkering.
from upgrader, www.newegg.com
ubuntu runs great as well, fast.
from mmm, www.newegg.com
wireless is quick, although i haven't gotten the wireless card working in a dual-boot of ubuntu yet.

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Positives: Excellent Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Lightweight, Display Size: 10 in.

ASUS Eee PC 1000-BK003 Notebook

$725.00 Est. at Amazon

from rooot, www.newegg.com
:) other thoughts: i took off xandros or whatever was on it and installed the eee pc optimized ubuntu.
from hoggwild5, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: upgraded to 2g ram, replaced the xandros os with ubuntu eee 8.04.1 rc2...drastically increased the user experience for me.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
hopefully either the ubuntu community finds compatible network drivers or i find a compatible flavor of linux.
from Sean, www.newegg.com
(internet explorer for example.)i actually would love to get ubuntu to work on this thing.
from malrost, www.newegg.com
there's a hack to get it running on xandros, but i found it easier to replace the xandros install with ubuntu.also note that the motherboard only supports 2 gb ram, maximum.

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Positives: Display Size: 10 in., Weight: 2.93 lb., Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz, Hard Drive Capacity: 40 GB

Lenovo IdeaPad S10e 41872NU PC Laptop

Lenovo IdeaPad S10e (41872NU) PC Notebook

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from Uejji, www.newegg.com
windows 7 and ubuntu 9.04 both run like a dream on this system.
from Jeff Canipe, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i plan on dual booting windows xp (included with the s10e) and ubuntu 9.04 remix.
from Paul, www.newegg.com
pros: really clear screen, great keyboard, nice display size, pretty fast for a netbook, easily upgradable, really light, more professional looking than other netbooks cons: cramped trackpad, a

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Positives: Great Portability, Excellent Durability, Lightweight, Weight: 3.09 lb.

Samsung NC10-14ROBL 10.2" Netbook

$390.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i bought it as an on-the-go ubuntu running computer to lessen the time that my $2500 mac laptop spends on the road.
from www.amazon.com
i setup a dual boot using the jaunty ubuntu linux nbr (netbook remix), and it works flawlessly.
from www.amazon.com
i currently run ubuntu server edition in a vm and you wouldn't even know it was running unless i told you (or you knew what process to look for).
from www.amazon.com
i also downloaded ubuntu jaunty onto my nc10.
from www.amazon.com
i've seen better ways to handle this on most of hp's notebooks, 2) i wish there was a factory-backed way to replace xp with a good version of linux, like ubuntu.

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Lightweight, Display Size: 10 in.

Toshiba Satellite L305 883974223084 PC Laptop

Toshiba Satellite L305 (883974223084) PC Notebook

$480.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
naturally it's not as fast as my workhorse desktop but that's not it's function.i will upgrade the ram soon and am considering installing ubuntu w/win4lin.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?price, intel dual cpu, very compatible with ubuntu 9.04 what's not so great:?vista, vista, vista, trial version of office "i bought this laptop when my trusty ibm r40 fail to
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?linux-friendly, portable, nice bright display, media buttons what's not so great:?emits high-frequency noise, ports in awkward places, touchpad a little too sensitive, weak

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Positives: Nice Portability, Fast, Strong Graphic Capabilities, Weight: 5.49 lb.

HP HP NB041UA G60-230US 16.0" Notebook PC

Hewlett Packard HP NB041UA G60-230US 16.0" Notebook PC

$824.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you happen to be a windows user (i use ubuntu hardy heron, more on that later) the ability to disable the touchpad with the button right above it is a joy.
from TG2, www.newegg.com
i've been very happy with this laptop for the past 5 weeks, i have been able to load debian and ubuntu ...
from Walttheboss, www.newegg.com
the linux ubuntu boot was much esaier and worked well.

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Positives: Great Portability, Strong Graphic Capabilities, Fast, Display Size: 16 in.

Acer Computer AS1410 Aspire 11.6" Notebook PC

$462.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i ordered this laptop to run ubuntu linux.
from www.amazon.com
i spent the first day replacing windows vista with a dual-boot setup of windows 7 (the release candidate) and ubuntu linux.

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Positives: Nice Portability, Fast, Large Screen, Weight: 3.1 lb.

Acer Computer AS1410 Aspire 11.6" Notebook PC

$462.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i ordered this laptop to run ubuntu linux.
from www.amazon.com
i spent the first day replacing windows vista with a dual-boot setup of windows 7 (the release candidate) and ubuntu linux.

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Positives: Great Portability, Fast, Large Screen, Weight: 3.1 lb.

MSI Wind U100-641US Black Intel Atom N2701.60GHz

$310.00 Est. at Amazon

from Electronmage, www.newegg.com
i couldn't test the wireless, because our work has the wireless internet blocked to 'alien' computers.i installed ubuntu linux 8.04 from a usb flash drive with no problem, it found all the devices
from MAC, www.newegg.com
(i use an external hp dvd super-multi.) other thoughts: don't ever ever ever put vista on this laptop, use xp pro or ubuntu linux.
from schmickey, www.newegg.com
it also runs ubuntu linux very well.

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Positives: Great Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Fast, Display Size: 10 in.

Samsung N120-12GBK NPN120KA01US Netbook

$456.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: windows xp lasted about 2 hours before i installed ubuntu 9.04 unr.
from www.amazon.com
i am not a fan of windows xp and tried installing ubuntu 9.04 remix as a replacement.

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Positives: Excellent Portability, Good Mouse Quality, Lightweight, Weight: 2.8 lb.

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1784 8.9-Inch Netbook 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 Ha...

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1784 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Ha... (LU.S050B.225) PC Notebook

$438.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i'd like to see how it can handle a dual-boot into ubuntu, though.
from www.amazon.com
runs linux (ubuntu 9.04) very well, has become my primary computer for use around the house.

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Positives: Good Portability, Lightweight, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

Acer Computer AOA150-1505 Aspire One 8.9" Netbook

$394.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i'd like to see how it can handle a dual-boot into ubuntu, though.
from www.amazon.com
runs linux (ubuntu 9.04) very well, has become my primary computer for use around the house.

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Positives: Great Portability, Lightweight, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1553 8.9-Inch Netbook 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 Ha...

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1553 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Ha... (LU.S410B.067) PC Notebook

$330.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i'd like to see how it can handle a dual-boot into ubuntu, though.
from www.amazon.com
runs linux (ubuntu 9.04) very well, has become my primary computer for use around the house.

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Positives: Good Portability, Lightweight, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359 8.9-Inch Netbook

$330.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i'd like to see how it can handle a dual-boot into ubuntu, though.
from www.amazon.com
runs linux (ubuntu 9.04) very well, has become my primary computer for use around the house.

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Positives: Good Portability, Lightweight, Good Mouse Quality, Display Size: 8.9 in.

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