[Nottingham] AOA150 Operating System

[Rory Holland]

Mine's got Lubuntu on it.
My God! The netbook's never been so fast!

Seriously take a look at Lubuntu. It's beautiful and oh so quick.
It has Chromium as a default browser, but a monster of a music player.
Install Banshee.

On 27 April 2011 21:53, Dan Caseley <dan at caseley.me.uk> wrote:
> XP licensing can be either OEM or Retail.
> OEM is tied to a piece of hardware, either by the manufacturer or by the
> purchaser.
> Retail is mine, and can be used on any one machine of my choosing.
> Not sure if Windows 7 is still the same....
>
> On 27 April 2011 19:26, Mat Booth <mbooth at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 27 April 2011 17:20, Dan Caseley <dan at caseley.me.uk> wrote:
>> > Afternoon all,
>> > I'm looking to put my Acer AspireOne AOA150 on eBay.
>> > It's currently running Linpus, Ubuntu, Joli and Windows 7, so I
>> > obviously
>> > need to tidy it up before it goes up!
>> > I'm not planning on selling the Windows license along with the machine,
>> > and I'm looking for recommendations for which linux to put on the
>> > machine to
>> > sell.
>> > Linpus is crippled, but was the OEM selection.
>> > Joli is so much more user-friendly, but is a little dependant on an
>> > internet
>> > connection.
>> > Ubuntu is fine too, but I loathe Unity.
>> > Any thoughts? Any others to consider?
>> > Dan
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>>
>> It's been a long time since I've used Windows. Are licences not tied
>> to the hardware any more? I remember in the distant past not being
>> able to install Windows on any machine other than the one it shipped
>> with.
>>
>> --
>> Mat Booth
>> http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
>
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