Comments on: Netbook Buying Advice & Tips http://jaredlewandowski.com/blog/2009/03/netbook-buying-advice-tips/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: dan elliott http://jaredlewandowski.com/blog/2009/03/netbook-buying-advice-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-38 dan elliott Mon, 04 May 2009 05:11:18 +0000 http://jaredlewandowski.com/blog/?p=189#comment-38 Jared, I have an Inspiron mini 9. It is a great little computer. I have been very happy with it. Of course, I have the Ubuntu version and I highly recommend it: it is so convenient! Here are a couple things to keep in mind: The keyboard is small, even for my small hands. It is a branch off of Ubuntu's distro so bug fixes and updates will not come nearly as quickly. I had to hunt for a fix for a quirk where you cannot ssh to another computer when connected to a wireless network (everything is OK now). - dan Jared, I have an Inspiron mini 9. It is a great little computer. I have been very happy with it. Of course, I have the Ubuntu version and I highly recommend it: it is so convenient!

Here are a couple things to keep in mind:

The keyboard is small, even for my small hands.

It is a branch off of Ubuntu’s distro so bug fixes and updates will not come nearly as quickly.

I had to hunt for a fix for a quirk where you cannot ssh to another computer when connected to a wireless network (everything is OK now).

- dan

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