[ale] Best Netbook for Beginner

[Omar Chanouha]

I disagree. He just asked for the best netbook. I have used the asus
aspire with XP and it is unbearably slow. He would hate it. Also, I
have talked friends who are miles away through recovering seemingly
bricked PCs by installing Ubuntu. After the initial install, and a
breif tutorial they never had to ask me questions beyond, "what
program do you like for this?". None of these people were very
computer literate either, I mean they did brick their PCs in the first
place. Ubuntu has come long way in terms of user friendliness. The
only issue with the netbook is that to get everything installed and
working from scratch is not as simple as, "put in the disc and hit
install", which it generally is with a regular laptop.

I respect your opinion, but this is not some old man set in his ways.
He asked for the best tool, and that is Linux. Plus I would rather
help him install software over the phone, than help him remove
viruses.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did he ask you about a netbook with Linux instead of Windows? If not,
> I really don't see the reason behind talking him into something he
> doesn't want. All your requirements for Ubuntu (a pipe dream IMHO) are
> present in XP.
>
> I know that is contrary to what you would expect to hear on a Linux
> enthusiasts mailing list, but it's the truth. You're dealing with
> someone many miles away. You can't just pop over to their house when
> something goes wrong (and it will). So recommending something strange
> to the user just because it is your preferred thing doesn't make sense
> to me.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Omar Chanouha <ofosho at gatech.edu> wrote:
>> Hey Everyone,
>>
>> A friend of mine asked me about a netbook that comes with XP
>> preinstalled. I heard that XP is really slow, and I would never
>> recommend it anyway, however he lives in PA and I cannot switch it
>> over to ubuntu for him. I took a look at the tutorial on how to get
>> ubuntu running on it, and there is no way he is going to be able to do
>> it.
>>
>> So my question is, does anyone have or know of, a netbook that comes
>> with Ubuntu preinstalled that they happen to really like?
>>
>> I really need something that he is just going to be able to use.
>> Meaning he turns it on, everything works, Ubuntu updates itself
>> automatically, and he can just go on using the web without even
>> realizing he is using Linux.
>>
>> Also, anyone have one they don't like, and why? Info like that is just
>> as, if not more important to me.
>>
>> -OFosho, Miami Dolphin and Netbook Consultant
>
>
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