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David B
Asked: 2010-12-30 22:47:41 +0800 CST

Recommended installation for Asus EEE 1015PEM Netbook

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I just got my Asus EEE PC 1015PEM netbook with Windows 7 starter... obviously, I'd like to install Ubuntu (not sure yet if I'd like to dual boot or completely remove win7).

Anyway, I never had a netbook before. I know about unity but heard some bad stuff about it, so I wonder if I might be better sticking to the desktop edition. What do you think? any recommendations?

Also, should I use the 32 bit or 64 bit version?

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    You should install the 32 bit* version of the Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition. It's fantastic. :-)

    If anything doesn't work properly, you can always change your mind later. Or come here and ask a question about it.

    If you install Ubuntu, you get the Desktop edition as well - and you can choose to start it instead of Unity when you log in, should it turn out not to work brilliantly for some reason.

    There will be a lot of changes in Unity in April 2011, and you will get all of them once you upgrade, but for now, try it out and see if you like it. A lot of people do.

    *: There's really no good reason to use 64 bit on this machine. 32 bits will work great.

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