best linux netbook

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 01:38:14PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:45:03PM -0400, Dave Cramer wrote:
> > What I need more than anything is for it not to have a camera, and run linux.
> > 
> > I'll be using a browser to get email, and need ssh.
> > 
> > Doesn't have to do much.
> 
> Well you could get something like a thinkpad SL410 or SL510.  They can
> be customized however you want (webcam is a $30 option so you don't have
> to get it). I have an SL500 and it works great with linux (although I
> did explicitly upgrade the wifi to the intel 5100 when I ordered it,
> and highly recommend doing so).
> 
> Of course a custom ordered thinkpad takes a week or two to arrive,
> so if you need it by the weekend, that doesn't work.

As for netbooks, as far as I can find, every netbook has a webcam
these days.

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