Inexpensive Linux Laptop

[Fran Fadden]

On Mon, June 4, 2007 7:56 am, Alex Hewitt wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 07:16 -0400, Tech Writer wrote:
>> If you were looking for an new (not refurbished) inexpensive Linux laptop, that would
be used primarily to run Firefox, OpenOffice and a DVD player, where would you get
it?
>>
>> Peg
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> I recently bought an Acer Aspire 5100 and I'm writing this on it using Ubuntu 7.04.
This model cost ~$700 and has a dual core AMD processor, 1 GB ram and a 120 GB hard
drive. The display is a 1280x800 resolution high brightness panel. The system includes
a DVD dual layer multi format burner.

I bought a similar Acer 5100 about 9 months ago (about the same price and specs). Mine
had the Atheros WIFI, and everything just worked with SuSE 10.1 except the audio.  I
haven't bothered to update the audio (cobbler's children syndrome), but I have been
happy with the system other than that.

Fran