Look here for a list of Ubuntu Certified netbooks: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/models/?release=12.04%20LTS&category=Netbook<http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/models/?release=12.04%20LTS&category=Netbook> Here is a list of netbooks with user submitted details about ubuntu support: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks
I would recommend bringing a USB drive with a live image of Ubuntu on it and test it out on the display models in the store. I have done this on several occasions and so long as you ask permission first, I have never had anyone complain. In fact, I have found a number of employees that have used linux and were either helpful or at least interested in what I was doing. - Jason On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Eric House <[email protected]> wrote: > My daughter's looking for a new netbook. It'll run Ubuntu because > they have the best support for her adopted language Catalan (and > because she grew up in a Linux household. :-) I'm happy with my > Samsung, but it's three years old. Looking now there's a dizzying > array of model numbers and specs and nothing helpful under google > searches like "best netbook for ubuntu". > > Anybody running Ubuntu (or other linux) on a recently purchased > netbook and delighted with it? What's the model and where'd you get > it? BTW, her preference is for something closer to 10" than 14". > > Thanks, > > --Eric > -- > > ****************************************************************************** > * From the desktop of: Eric House, [email protected] > * > * Crosswords for Android now in beta: via the Market or > xwords.sf.net * > > ****************************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
