[Wylug-discuss] Netbooks

[Paul Brook]

On Saturday 18 January 2014 14:34:27 Roger Greenwood wrote:
> These are getting hard to find at reasonable prices but I have just seen one
> locally for £180. Anyone any comments on asus eeepc 1025ce and linux before
> I splash the cash? Video drivers seems to be one issue, along with lack of
> ram.

Avoid anything that uses PowerVR graphics (i.e. N2600/GMA500 based). 
Unfortunately this is pretty much all netbooks still in production (including 
the 1023ce). You need to go back to the previous generation (N4xx/N5xx) Atom 
chips to have any real chance of working[1], and you're unlikely to find those 
new.

As someone else mentioned, some of the new chromebooks look interesting (in 
particular the C720). Possibly also some of the "transformer" type tablets.

Paul

[1] The very newest Atom chips should also be OK, but AFAIK only the tablet 
variants have been released so far, and even they're pretty rare.