[LRUG] Netbooks and Rails development

[Richard Patching]

I don't think that there is anything wrong with the Aspire One. Its  
more an issue with Linpus, its based on Fedora 8 which is 2 years old  
now. The repo is out of date and adding new software can be  
problematic at best. Switching to Fedora 10 is a worth while move in  
my opinion, and really allows you to get the best out of the Aspire  
One. Having made the move myself, I now have a really good lightweight  
development platform for Ruby development. The boot time is around 25  
seconds, which is certainly acceptable, so I have no real issues with  
performance. If you want a small, lightweight development platform for  
Ruby (with Rails as well) then I would definately suggest investing in  
an Aspire One.


On 16 Feb 2009, at 18:11, Julian Burgess wrote:

> what is the problem with the Acer Aspire One? netbooks aren't really
> noticeably faster, so if the problem is smallness, I would recommend
> the samsung nc10.
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