-=> On 06-19-19 00:13, Mickey Frklic wrote to All <=-
MF> Hey All,
MF> First time poster in this echo.
MF> Anyone here successfully setup a netbook to run under Xubuntu or
MF> similar distro?
I use Lubuntu on old netbooks here. Works well.
MF> I am looking to setup a simple and light portable netbook to use around
MF> the house mainly as a simple client machine when I do not want to have
MF> to sit at my main PC.
MF> Ideally I would like to just be able to run Xubuntu on it and have the
MF> following basic functionality / features if possible:
MF> - Wifi
MF> - Bluetooth
MF> - USB
Yep all of those are working.
MF> As a bonus if it was able to stream Steam Games / and RDP Sessions from
MF> my main Windows PC as well that would be fantastic.
I can't comment on Steam (I don't use it), but there's a number of RDP clients
for Linux, whatever distro you choose. Oh, and I have SyncTerm and Multimail
running on my main roaming netbook. :)
MF> If anyone has any had any experience trying to set this up -- I would
MF> greatly appreciate any feedback / things learned from the experience to
MF> hopefully point me in the right direction.
Should be straightforward, but in general, netbooks are better suited tp simple
terminal duties. I find my Firefox configuration tends to bog the machine
down, same for Thunderbird.
... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.
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