[LMB] OT: AKICIF: New laptop search

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Thu, 22 May 2008 08:38:58 -0500, Louann Miller <louann at millerdome.com>
wrote re the discussion of the EeePC:

> Our household has both Windows and Linux boxes, and I've used
> both. Linux is easy to USE if you have a Windows background, about
> on a par with my switch from Mac System 7 to Win 3.1 back in the
> day. BUT. Installing and configuring Linux can be a pain, even
> for a power user. Right now I'd only advise making the switch if
> you have a Linux guru on hand -- IRL, not by e-mail -- to untangle
> your tangles. Because at our house Russ (DH) is a systems analyst
> with computer using and building experience going back to 1990-ish,
> and even he has troubles sometimes.

The thing is, the EeePC comes with XandrOS Linux already installed and configured ... it's just like getting a new laptop with Windows already installed. I've never used an easier distro than XandrOS, for what that's worth, and I've run three different releases of Red Hat, three of SuSE, and one of Ubuntu. It's remarkably difficult to fardle up, and the online user forum at forums.xandros.net is one of the most helpful I've ever been in.

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