Help me, hivemind!

[sabotabby]

A bunch of you have netbooks. What do you recommend? I want to get one for my eventual travels: Light, durable, and as powerful as possible within those constraints.

Comments

[misslynx.livejournal.com]

I've been pretty happy with the netbook remix on mine, but I've never used the standard Ubuntu, so possibly I don't know what I'm missing. But I actually really like the UI.

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

I use UNR on my netbook (have it dual partitioned with XP) and am not crazy about it. It is buggy as all get out, as is usual with ubuntu. I took it off UNR view mode to classic view mode, and now I can't see my desktop. And no one will fix it!!

Here is the thing about ubuntu (of all sorts): It is easy to use, if you don't want to change anything or nothing goes wrong.Otherwise, it is hell to fix or change. I love ubuntu and hate it.

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

oh, and I have a Dell mini10v. I got it because I could hackintosh it, which I haven't done yet and probably won't as that would mean making another partition. But who knows?

I like it, but the screen is small sometimes. I got it with XP and then threw UNR on another partition, and they run well for the most part. The trackpad has some weirdness and it has serious issues with windows not resizing correctly, but that may not be an issue for netbooks with larger monitors.

[roter-terror.livejournal.com]

If you like Ubuntu, you should consider trying Lubuntu 10.04 when it comes out in a few weeks. I used UNR on my netbook for a long time, but after spending some time away from my desktop and having to rely on the netbook for all my work, I found that UNR wasn't quite snappy enough when I had lots of things going on. With Lubuntu (also Crunchbang), I've found that my netbook now feels faster than my desktop.