[lug] Linux on Intel Atom?

Sat Apr 11 13:06:53 MDT 2009

I have the Acer Aspire One which has an 1.6GHz Atom running Kubuntu 8.04 and 
it works like a champ.  I've used it for pretty much everything web 
browsing/email and even coding/compiling my own projects and have not had an 
issue with it yet.  

-Sebastian

On Saturday 11 April 2009 11:36:56 Paul E Condon wrote:
> I saw the Acer 10.1 inch Netbook for sale at Costco yesterday. It looks
> like a neat little package for travel. But I haven't touched Windows
> for years, and don't intend to renew what little skill I ever had with
> it. So, is there any prospect for being able to load Linux onto one of
> these, and is it likely that it has adequate CPU to run email, text
> editing, etc. ? The display card on the thing says it uses Intel Atom
> chip, and has 1GB RAM and 160GB HD. Price is $350. Is this a "cheap
> laptop" as was being discussed a few days ago?