[pchelpers] Re: Acer Aspir mini pc.

Hello,

If that little laptop is compatible with Linux, I would recommend 
installing Ubuntu Linux on it as it is easy to use, and has many 
powerful capabilities. A Linux system is very hard to get a virus on as 
there just aren't that many written for Linux and the way you install 
software is different.

You for the most part in Ubuntu don't surf websites and download 
programs and install them, instead there are central "repositories" for 
your flavor of Linux which are accessed via a "package manager". You 
start your package manager, browse and select the software you want to 
install, mark each package for installation, and when you are done 
selecting packages you click the apply button and all of the software 
you selected is downloaded and installed automatically.

These central repositories are virus free so you are always safe 
installing from them.

As an added bonus you can install Compiz on Ubuntu and have four virtual 
desktops which are available via a rotating cube interface as in the 
following videos about Beryl, which is derived from Compiz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3p8IBNNd88&feature=related

You can't get that in Windoze!!!

Later, Ray Parrish

kathleen lacey wrote:
> Would this pc be very hard to learn being that i do not know Linux at all,
> and am not very savvy about pc language? Some of the reviews are very
> complementary. If one does not store anything on this it should be good,
> right?
> This little laptop has the same 512 GB ram as my desktop [this one]. Amazon
> has it for
> $329
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-8-9-inch-Laptop-Processor/dp/B001BBS76Q/ref=pd_cp_pc_2?pf_rd_p=413863401&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001DABBV8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0368X78BF0NFQZCZ0815
>
> Amazon has the same Acer Aspir with Windows XP home for $100 + more. Am
> really puzzled of what is best? Dell and HP all have minis too.
> I read the dis-advantages on Wikipedia of SSD.
> Thanks for any input.
> Kathleen
>
>
>
>
>   

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