It’s interesting to always see a post on a particular subject you’ve been meaning to write on (but only for the past day), especially the state of Linux on laptops… in my case, a netbook.

I never thought I’d be in this position, actually owning a crapbook, but for less than $400, the ability to do everything I can on a normal computer, albeit slower but with battery life, was quite interesting to me.

After hours upon hours trying to figure out why my wireless didn’t work (BCM4313, I hope to never ever have to type those characters again), scouring the Ubuntu forums and wikis, I’ve come to realize that maybe the drivers are just not existing in a current form that works easily.

I could, of course, learn the ins and outs of the ndiswrapper, or try to compile from source with the right flags… but really?

System76 is definitely an option, though. Their Starling NetBook seems inexpensive enough… but the included battery life is atrocious…

At this point, why not just get a MacBook Air? Yes, I ask myself this question, too… Definitely more expensive, but definitely will hold its value over time (since I’ll probably be switching again in six months or so). But the thing is, this machine would only be used for when I’m away from my awesome desktop, running an Ubuntu VM on top of Windows 7.

Which brings me to another point: Virtualization is the hotness. Just buy more RAM. I’m looking forward to upgrading to a 16GB in the future if I keep this up.

// Definitely need to clean up this WordPress installation to bring things back to a tip top shape.