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   Tony Langdon to Mickey Frklic   
   Re: Xubuntu Netbook Considerations   
   19 Jun 19 20:41:00   
   
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   -=> On 06-19-19 00:13, Mickey Frklic wrote to All <=-   
      
    MF> Hey All,   
      
    MF> First time poster in this echo.   
      
    MF> Anyone here successfully setup a netbook to run under Xubuntu or   
    MF> similar distro?   
      
   I use Lubuntu on old netbooks here.  Works well.   
      
      
      
    MF> I am looking to setup a simple and light portable netbook to use around   
    MF> the house mainly as a simple client machine when I do not want to have   
    MF> to sit at my main PC.   
      
    MF> Ideally I would like to just be able to run Xubuntu on it and have the   
    MF> following basic functionality / features if possible:   
    MF> - Wifi   
    MF> - Bluetooth   
    MF> - USB   
      
   Yep all of those are working.   
      
    MF> As a bonus if it was able to stream Steam Games / and RDP Sessions from   
    MF> my main Windows PC as well that would be fantastic.   
      
   I can't comment on Steam (I don't use it), but there's a number of RDP clients   
   for Linux, whatever distro you choose.  Oh, and I have SyncTerm and Multimail   
   running on my main roaming netbook. :)   
      
    MF> If anyone has any had any experience trying to set this up -- I would   
    MF> greatly appreciate any feedback / things learned from the experience to   
    MF> hopefully point me in the right direction.   
      
   Should be straightforward, but in general, netbooks are better suited tp simple   
   terminal duties.  I find my Firefox configuration tends to bog the machine   
   down, same for Thunderbird.   
      
      
   ... Mind...  Mind...  Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.   
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