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Has anyone tried using this on a netbook? My wife is interested in trying Linux, and I was thinking Ubuntu (or Lubuntu) might be a good choice for her. Speed is an issue for her and one of the reasons she's not satisfied with Windows. I'd introduce her to Gentoo, but I don't think she'd appreciate the joy of GNU make.

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My netbook is running Lubuntu 11.10. It was previously running Ubuntu 10.x Netbook Edition and Ubuntu 10.04. They work. (I like Gentoo too, but I don't want to do much compiling on a netbook.)

Most GUI programs aren't designed to use in 1024x600. For example, it's hard to actually read email in Thunderbird because there isn't much room for text after subtracting pixels for window decorations, menu bar, toolbar, header bar, and status bar. I think a netbook would benefit from a tiling window manager, but I haven't got around to installing one yet.

I am currently running it on my Toshiba NB 305 net book. I've been pleased with the performance overall, but on the few occasions where I needed more power, I switched desktop environments to lxde and performance was boosted.

Works beautifully on my Asus EeePC 1000HE. At the login screen it should default to Unity 2D, but check to make sure before logging in.

I ran 11.04 on a Dell Mini 9 for a while. Worked great. I just had to adjust icon and panel sizes to make up for the small screen.

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