[ale] linux netbook questions

[Jim Kinney]

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On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Joshua Roberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com>wrote:

> I do not think I will be using eclipse. Maybe bluefish at most, but
> probably just nano/vim/gedit/... and compile with g++ or javac or whatever
> command line compiler I need for the language I am using.
> I wouldn't mind some extra horsepower, but the cost of a slightly better
> processor and an extra gig of ram is possibly too high.
>
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> One question is what will you use to write programs?  Eclipse is
>> somewhat heavyweight, so you'd need more horsepower
>> than if you use vi/vim/emacs
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:30, Joshua Roberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > 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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