I like an ubuntu derivative "easypeasy" placed on my netbooks.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Roy <linuxcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I run regular GNOME (Ubuntu 10.04) on my 900. It came with XP, but it is > dog. It runs fine but it takes too much maintenance for me. On Ubuntu I > change icon and font sizes (smaller) and get rid of the > bottom bar. > > Roy > > On 18 August 2010 06:48, Scott <scot...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 04:25:58AM -0400, J wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 00:34, Scott <scot...@nyc.rr.com<scottro% > 40nyc.rr.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have FreeBSD on my 1000HE, but it took more work to get it going > than > > > > it did with any of the mainstream Linux distributions. > > > > > > I would say that you are a sick, sick man, but yesterday I installed > > > and ran a small UEC cloud across a couple VBox VMs on my laptop... > > > what is wrong with me? > > > > > > > New boss, would like a BSD box or two, and due to this job, I've had no > > time to play with it. When he said that, my two co-workers said, "I > > don't think I've seen Scott this happy in years." It's my first love, > > and of course, one of the things it (generally) has over Linux is the > > documentation, which makes the more complex things much easier. I > > haven't, however, had much time to work with it, even at home, for a > > couple of years. > > > > It actually wasn't hard, it's just that it might be difficult for a > > newcomer, and due to the hplip port being somewhat broken, can't use it > > with my scanner, but aside from that--took only a little longer to set > > up than Fedora, though longer than Ubuntu. (Fedora, I do a minimal > > install and have to add everything afterwards, as I customize it > > heavily.) > > > > > > -- > > Scott Robbins > > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > > > Angel: Acathla turned to stone, as demons sometimes do, and > > was buried > > where neither man nor demon would want to look...unless, of course, > > they're > > putting up low-rent housing. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: linux_newbies-dig...@yahoogroups.com linux_newbies-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/