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The best netbook-friendly Linux distros

 

Published 6/9/2009 at The Register

Android on your Eee, anyone? Hands-on   We loved the Xandros based OS the Asus put on the original Eee PC for its simplicity and direct access to applications. Likewise Acer's version of Linpus, installed on the Linux versions of its Aspire One netbook. For 90 per cent of the tasks anyone's likely to perform on a netbook, they're spot on and allow the machines to boot up in under 20 seconds.… (link)

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