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to: Tony Langdon
from: Mickey Frklic
date: 2019-06-19 06:56:54
subject: Re: Xubuntu Netbook Considerations

On 19 Jun 2019, Tony Langdon said the following...
 
 TL>  MF> Anyone here successfully setup a netbook to run under Xubuntu or
 TL>  MF> similar distro?
 TL>  MF> If anyone has any had any experience trying to set this up -- I would
 TL>  MF> greatly appreciate any feedback / things learned from the experience 
 TL>  MF> hopefully point me in the right direction.
 TL> 
 TL> Should be straightforward, but in general, netbooks are better suited tp
 TL> simple terminal duties.  I find my Firefox configuration tends to bog
 TL> the machine down, same for Thunderbird.

Thanks Tony for the feedback! I'll keep browsing around then for a good fit
hardware wise.

 TL> I use Lubuntu on old netbooks here.  Works well.

Out of curiosity what netbooks have you used with Lubuntu? Any good / bad /
indifference between the different models?

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