A guy in my LUG is looking for input on the Netbook craze. I have to turn to the masses to try and help him out. I have included his email and my response if you can give us some feedback it would be great.

On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 13:15 -0600, Shaun Ferguson wrote:
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> I'm currently trying to figure out which Netbook to purchase with my tax
> return, any recommendations?
> It doesn't matter what OS comes with it, as it will be wiped and have a
> Linux Distro put on it probably as soon as it comes out of the box.
>
> Any and all input would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> S.
>

Umm,  What OS is on a laptop should be as important as what hardware is inside. Buying hardware that is FLOSS friendly is VERY important to me. If my hardware is not supported by the stock Fedora kernel I have done something wrong in choosing my hardware.

There are some Netbooks that I would avoid from what I have seen in the #fedora IRC channel. One comes to mind, it runs a very old and modified version of Fedora, I think the distro name is Linpuss or somthing, that has had no security updates from us in several years.

I have thrown out a request for input/opinions to some friends of mine that do more of the front line support than I do to see what they have found.

Bob