Re: [orca-list] laptop with linux and ubuntu

["Grace Books" <gracebooks bellsouth net>]

Hello,

Please, explain to me a little more:
Is better in this case a flash drive instead of a hard disk?
Also, what is EEE_PC by Asus?
Where can I give a look to this?
If the memory is not enough, I guess I shouldn't buy it, isn't it?
I know very little about Linux. I'm still learning and I didn't install 
Ubuntu yet, but I would like to have a little portable device such as this.
Thanks,

Rena



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt csir co za>
To: "Grace Books" <gracebooks bellsouth net>
Cc: <
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:13 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] laptop with linux and ubuntu


> Good day,
> This is a sub-notebook.
> It is a flash drive, not a hard disk.
> Also look at the EEE_PC by Asus which has good linux support.
> The good things in the one you are looking at, is that it has the atom
> processor which should give you long battery life.
> 512 mb ram is on the low end for running Orca though.
> HTH, Willem
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Grace Books wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just found the following in the newspaper and I would like to get some 
> > opinions, please.
> > It calls my attention that the hard drive is so small.
> > I would like to buy it, but I wonder if it would be wise to do it.
> >
> > new DELL Inspiron
> > mini 9
> > intel atom processor N270
> > Ubuntu Linux version 8.04
> > 512MB memory
> > 4GB solid state drive
> > DELL wireless mini-card (802.11G
> > $349
>
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