I saved this netbook from going into the trash in 2013. It had a shattered display that I replaced in 2014. It only had 1GB of RAM and I doubled it to a whopping 2 GB and it is largely not enough for most things. It was used quite a lot for various things over the years from being a note-taking machine I would go into meetings with and as my kitchen recipe book using Gnome-Recipes. It was also the first computer I let my kids bang on when they were quite young. It’s a great machine with a fantastic form factor. This might be one of my favorites from the 2000 to 2010 era for fun designs.
Specifications:
- Intel Atom CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz
- 2 GB DDR3 Memory
- 250 GB HDD
- Intel GPU with 1024×600 screen resolution
- Runs openSUSE Tumbleweed and KDE Plasma
There is nothing special needed to make Linux run on this machine. It runs Linux well right out of the box. If this machine had more RAM (which is not possible), or perhaps an SSD instead of an HDD for storage, it would probably be an much better experience.