Netbook screen too small? Not for this Linux software
I love my little “netbook” laptop computer, barely the size of a small hardcover book. But running programs on it turned out to be more frustrating than I’d imagined.
The problem? Programs written for standard computers often come with toolbars along the top, status bars along the bottom and a dozen other gadgets that take up precious room on a netbook screen. But I came up with the solution while I was typing away on the old Windows laptop I rescued last month by putting a slimmed-down version of the Linux operating system on it.
Why not take Windows off my netbook and replace it with Linux, just like I’d done with the old laptop?
I hunted for an appropriate Linux version (called a “distribution”) for a netbook and found just the right one, Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
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