[geeks] Best Cheap Netbook?

[Lionel Peterson]

I thought of that last night as well - I skipped over your mention of using
Linux on your current laptop when I first read it.

Here's a link to a how-to install a version of Linux on a Celeron-based
Chromebook:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-acers-199-c7-chromebook/

Don't be put off by the Celeron CPU - it's an Ivy Bridge Celeron, and the
ability to kick the RAM up to 8 Gigs should make this a very capable
portable computer.

I'd like to hear more from anyone that has one of these devices running
something other than ChromeOS...

Lionel

On Sunday, February 3, 2013, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:

> Acer C7 is $200.  MrBill has one I believe. They are ChromeBooks, but can
> take 8 gigs of ram, and can run Ubuntu instead of ChromeOS.
>
> William Barnett-Lewis <wlewisiii at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the pointer; it looks like a very good machine for the
> >price. What I'm seeing is that something worth buying is pretty much
> >out of my reach just now. Probably I'm just going to have to keep this
> >one functional while trying to save up for something in this Acer's
> >class.
> >
> >I should probably check which ones are known to play nicely with
> >Xubuntu as well.
>
> <snip>


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