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by davidgerard 1524 days ago
One of those recent Windows netbooks? How are you finding it?

(I got one and Linuxed it. The wifi was so crappy I had to compile a driver from source, for an authentic early-2000s Linux experience. Need to test 22.04. https://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/608064.html Love it for writing on, not so great as an actual netbook.)
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wccrawford 1522 days ago
I haven't used it much yet. I plan to use it to control my CNC Router and CNC laser. I had another laptop doing that, but it died, so I replaced it as cheaply as possible. But as I'm in the middle of rebuilding those things, I haven't actually had a reason to finish setting it up.
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davidgerard 1520 days ago
With mine I was most surprised to find that LibreOffice had somehow become comparatively lightweight and fast in the last 20 years, lol.

If you're not running a web browser with serious intent, it should be a perfectly capable little box.

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