Hello,
I am a student and I own a netbook, eMachines eM350. I was advised to use Ubuntu OS to speed up my netbook.Â
I am willing to try and check out if it really works. But I also have my doubts. If ever I will use Ubuntu, will all the software drivers of my netbook is supported by Ubuntu?
Currently, my netbook OS is Windows XP.
Please share your knowledge.
eMachines recommends Windows 7.
So it will not be a good idea to install Linux Ubuntu. My brother has EM350 too. It’s a great netbook with good performance and battery time with Windows 7. But when he installed Ubuntu 10.10 dual boot with Win 7 Starter using EasyBCD, it was not a good experience.
The machine used to get freeze. Although The desk is zippy no doubt but I get the feeling that Ubuntu is not as efficient as Windows 7 in terms of heat management. The eM350 netbook runs really hot when run with Ubuntu than in windows 7.
Still choice is yours.
You can try Ubuntu on your netbook without making any changes to your netbook. Ubuntu has a feature called Live CD which is a feature that allows you to run Ubuntu from a CD, DVD or USB drive as if the media was a hard drive.Â
Just download the lasts version of Ubuntu and Burn it to a CD or other media. Next make sure your computer is booting from that media, and it will load just as if it was installed. To get a good feel for Ubuntu, you may want to download some games and other software to try on it.Â
You can get these from http://ww1.dotdeb.com/?sub1=d7a12938-f366-11e7-b09d-f7f61a027b7c
