Well, I say my, but I should really say our, as itss purchase was prompted by the death of Hilary’s old laptop, but quite how interested she’ll be in using a 9″ underpowered linux machine when she’s got used to using my (sorry, our) other “proper” laptop, is another thing.
I’ve also fancied doing a bit of experimenting with one for a while too, specifically trying different OSes and using it for basic web development tasks, and again, I doubt Hilary would be that interested in those.
So, once the thing’s unboxed and charged up, and I’ve had a chance to familiarise myself with the basics of it, I intend to:
- Run with the default Linpus OS for a week or so, just using the machine as an addition to the desktop / laptop for email and web stuff, to see how it functions as a basic consumer-level device.
- Install Ubuntu (which I use on a daily basis at work) on it, probably in the netbook remix format, and possibly after waiting for the jaunty release (which I think is on the 23rd of April)
- I’ve also heard that the beta of Windows 7 (which I run along with Vista on the laptop) runs pretty well on netbooks, so I’ll be trying that too, once the RC is released sometime in May
Which all sounds pretty good fun. I’ll keep you posted.
Tagged: aspire-one, netbook