Ubuntu netbook remix

Ubuntu is a wildly popular Linux distribution. Thus it is no surprise that there is a remixed version of Ubuntu for netbooks. It has been designed for netbooks using Atom processor and having at least 512 Mb RAM.

Hardware requirements:

* Processor: Intel Atom processor
* RAM: 512 MB
* Storage: 4 GB Flash disk (SSD) or hard disk

The selection of software is pretty useful. The following applications are the defaults for Netbook remix:

* Web browser - Firefox 3
* E-mail client - Thunderbird
* Instant messenger - Pidgin
* Media player - Rhythmbox
* eBook reader - FBReader
* RSS reader - Liferea
* Photo viewer - F-Spot
* Office suite - OpenOffice.org

Even some closed source applications are available for the installation:

* Adobe Flash
* Adobe Reader
* Real Player for MID†
* Java JVM

And of course the remix can cope with patented (proprietary) multimedia codecs. So you will have no problems in watching all kinds of multimedia content designed only Windows users in mind:

* MPEG4 (H.263)
* MP3
* AAC
* Windows Media
* Real Media*

If you have a Netbook with Atom and are a Ubuntu user, this might be your favourite choice for the netbook.

The first netbook with dvd burner


Mouse Computer has released in Japan a new netbook with a 160 GB hard drive and a dvd burner. Sounds cool, but is it really a netbook anymore?

(See Digital World Tokyo for more information)

Eeebuntu

Eeebuntu is yet another Linux distribution that has been tailored for Asus EEE Pc. Eeebuntu is available in three versions, base, standard and netbook. Select the version you like most.

Eeebuntu is based on the extremely popular Ubuntu. See the web site for more information.

Acer Aspire One Memory Upgrade

If you are not satisfied with the amount of memory in Acer Aspire One you can install more memory to the netbook yourself. At least if you are not one of those people who are afraid of losing the guarantee :-)