Notebooks on Linux

[Renata Rocha]

Hello,

I'm planning to buy a small (about 12" or below) notebook when I
arrive in Canada. This is supposed to be a real notebook, not a
netbook (or at least a netbook with a very good processor, I need
something nice to be my main PC)
As it will be my main PC, it will run Linux, nothing else. So, I need
a small notebook that will run linux out-of-the-box. I thought of
going to some bestbuy-like and try to boot a Ubuntu from a pendrive.
If it runs, buy it. I don't know if this will work (will I be arrested
for doing that?). But, first, I believe it's easier to ask you if you
have some experience with this kind of hardware.

I currently have the famous "Frying Pan", the eee900, as I already
told you. I have no specific hardware preferences - as long as it does
not fry eggs, I prefer to keep my cholesterol low.

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Renata Rocha
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