Hello Mike, it's been a long time... Ok, a check mark for eMachines too. Made by Acer, right? (or is it a different company, bought by Acer?) I bought an Acer laptop along time ago. It's screen hinge broke too soon... (bad design...). I hope Acer is better now. Thanks for the tip, and regards,
Obet Michael Tinsay wrote: > HI Obet, > > In the office, we have a number of eMachines netbook (I forgot the > exact model no.) that we have Kubuntu 10.4 installed. They have been > in use for almost two years now without receiving any serious hardware > defect reports. Back then we got them for around 10k-12k, with no OS > installed. > > --- mike t. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Roberto Verzola <[email protected]> > *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:38 AM > *Subject:* [plug] Linux netbook > > Hello guys, > > I'm shopping (first-time buyer) for a netbook. I'll be using it > basically as server for 2, maybe later 3, cellphones that I use to > communicate with a network of farmers and farmer-trainers. It will run > Linux and my particular application, which is programmed in Python. (For > the curious, check out the tabloid Bulgar every Sunday, and look in the > inside pages for a tiny ad about a free primer on the system of rice > intensification.) > > My desktop, on which the application currently runs, is a small Compaq I > bought 2nd hand from HMR (P5, 768Mb of mem) running Kubuntu 8.4 and I'm > fine with it, so it seems most current specs will exceed my machine's. > My workhorse phone is a 2330c Nokia, which works somewhat (not > perfectly) with gnokii. > > My main priority is compatibility with Linux and reliability. I don't > want small things like keys that don't work or cracks on the screen > hinge, or a flaky USB port, etc. within a year or so after purchase. > > I'd appreciate advice from people who've used some of these netbooks, in > particular their quirks vis-a-vis Linux. The brands I've seen so far > include Neo, Asus, MSI, HP, Fujitsu, Samsung. Lenovo. I haven't made up > my mind. > > If you actually have a machine to recommend because of your great > experience with it, that would even be better. > > By the way: the low-end Samsung laser printer ML-2010 works fine with > Linux, but the machine itself had poor print quality. After two years > putting up with it, I shifted to a Brother HL-2140. It also works with > Linux, and has much better print quality than the Samsung. Its cartridge > also last longer. The HL also jams much less often than the ML. The HP > low-end laser was the worst in this regard(this was experience 3 years > back...). I've never seen a laser printer that rarely (not to mention > never) jams. Has anyone? > > If the thread due to this posting is off-topic, kindly drop me private > mail instead. > > Greetings to all, > > Obet Verzola > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
