which linux distribution on my netbook

Question

I have an Acer Aspire One netbook and I want run Linux on it, but I don't know which distribution I should choose. It has a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor and about 1 GB RAM, so it shouldn't be too heavy.

Answer 1

I have an Acer Aspire One D257 and have a couple problems, there is a small pause that I only notice when programming [0] and the sound has stopped working in 12.04, but other then that I think Ubuntu is fine, if a little slower than on a full blown Desktop computer or laptop.

If speed is important to you you might want to consider Xfce or Xubuntu which uses Xfce instead of Gnome or Unity by default.

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Answer 2

I advise you to consider Lubuntu and Xubuntu.