[NBLUG/talk] Cheap laptop capable of running Linux

[steve]

On 11/21/2013 11:48 PM, Zack Gold wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has had success with a very inexpensive ($250 or
> less) laptop capable of running Linux. I'm willing to go with something
> that is very, very old, if necessary. The device must have WiFi
> capabilities so that I can connect to the Internet. I'm probably going
> to leave the system without a GUI.
Don't some of the chromebooks run Linux?

Since you later mentioned e-bay -- you won't have any problems finding 
something and you should be able to run a gui with no problems.  I have 
a couple of the Acer Aspire-One netbooks that work fine with ubuntu 12.

One of them (a D270) had a power connector that broke, but I took it 
apart and soldered the part back together.  I'm writing from it.  It's 
been fine for 6 months now.

Another (D250) got dropped and the display mounts are bent but it works 
fine.

I did splurge and buy 64Gb SSD's for them, but those are getting cheap 
now days.

(the other) Steve S.