[OT] Netbook and Ubuntu

[Tommy Trussell]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Tommy Trussell
<tommy.trussell at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Arnaud G <lepelerin2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a netbook for a nomadic user.  It will run Ubuntu 10.10.
>> The user's work consists of (while travelling) editing LO doc, read pdfs
>> and web surfing databases (many of them using Java!).
>> It seems that Acer, Asus  are popular items among netbooks. One model that
>> caught my attention is the Asus Eee PC 1215P.
>>
>> Anybody out there with feedback on this machine running Ubuntu? The pro
>> and Cons. Any other recommendations for a similarly spec'd machine.
>>
>
>
> I believe it should work fine. It does happen to be listed on the Ubuntu
> wiki:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks#Asus Eee PC 1215N
>
> A Google search also turned up several discussions, including:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1644370
>
>
>

I just noticed a letter difference in the model you asked about. The 1215P
may be a little underpowered and RAM-starved for you compared to the 1215N.

http://www.ultra-laptops.com/comparisons/asus_eee_pc_1215p_vs_asus_eee_pc_1215n
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