[ale] linux netbook questions

[Joshua Roberts]

I am looking into getting a netbook soon. I think it will greatly aid my
studies at SPSU, but I do not know how much power I need.  I would like to
stay in the lower end of the price range, $250-$400. I mostly need to read
books, write programs for classes, net surfing.  I have been looking at
http://www.linux-netbook.com/, but I am still unsure of which product to
buy.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Is there a preferred distro of linux to use? I was thinking of using one of
the mint 10 LXDE, either debian based or ubuntu based.

Joshua
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