On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 13:15 -0600, Shaun Ferguson wrote: > Ok you guys can't hate me for this, but after checking my calendar @ > work this morning we are working this Saturday performing some > maintenance tasks on the Newsroom PC's so I won't be able to make this > meeting that we just put together. > > I promise you can all take turns torturing me at the next meeting. > > I'm currently trying to figure out which Netbook to purchase with my tax > return, any recommendations? > It doesn't matter what OS comes with it, as it will be wiped and have a > Linux Distro put on it probably as soon as it comes out of the box. > > Any and all input would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks guys, > > S. >
Umm, yes we CAN hate you for this however it is likely we will not. What OS is on a laptop should be as important as what hardware is inside. Buying any hardware that is FLOSS friendly is VERY important to me. If my hardware is not supported by the stock Linux kernel I have done something wrong ins choosing my hardware. There are some Netbooks that I would avoid from what I have seen in the #fedora IRC channel. One comes to mind, it runs a very old and modified version of Fedora, I think the name is Linpuss or somthing, that has had no security updates from us in several years. I have thrown out a request for input/opinions to some friends of mine that do more of the front line support than I do to see what they have found. Bob _______________________________________________ scalug-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/scalug-list
