It’s been a week since my Aspire One got delivered, so here are a few thoughts (posted from it, of course).
- Linpus Lite lasted about 10 minutes before the novelty wore off and Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) got installed
- UNR is pretty sweet – installed quickly, and I really like the launcher and maximus (the window manager that auto-maximises most applications
- The keyboard is surprisingly easy to type on
- The screen is nice – Serenity looks great
- I need to try one of the other wifi drivers – this one does seem to drop out when under high load
- Adobe Flash is somewhat slow at times – need to see if anyone else suffers from that
- Battery life is not as good as I would like, but liveable with
Overall, I’m extremely happy with my new piece of kit – it has outperformed my expectations in most areas, and I am anticipating it getting plenty of use over the next few weeks and months.
One thing I have been thinking about is storage, and whether or not to get some online storage. Dropbox has been around for a while and seems to be popular, although part of me is tempted by Ubuntu One, as a way to support Canonical. Anybody got experience of either of these, another service, or alternatively using something like space on Dreamhost for synchronising data?
mrBen
Good to see you switched the distro.
I haven’t used Ubuntu One, but I do use Dropbox on Ubuntu and Vista. It works a treat. Good web interface too.
If you can stand a bit of extra weight the 9-cell 7800mAh batteries that Cameron Sino sell for the AAO push the runtime out to 6-8 hours – handy if you’re going to be away from mains power for a bit.
Thanks for the tip Mike – hadn’t seen the 9 cells before; looks handy.