On Tuesday 05 October 2010 05:18:47 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > a daughter of a friend asked me if it's possible to run applications from > a USB memory stick; I asked her what was it that she wants to run, she > told me 'cygwin, to run some c code' > > I said 'why don't you boot your Acer netbook from a Linux on SD media > > now what is asking what Linux should she get ? > > so, what distro should I suggest for a uni student to 'run some c code' on > an Acer netbook ? > > I did a brief search, came across Moblin, is that a good choice ?
'buntu's remix (and it really does not appeal to moi at all) does a pretty good job for the target market, my wife, my mother, so I'd be most tempted (Hey 'twas even easy to tame her eee to do the stuff I wanted, like I wanted) James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
