Ubuntu, a Linux Operating System, has been around for awhile and arguably the most user friendly Linux OS for the Linux newbie.
Here is a direct link to all the Netbooks that their Ubuntu Netbook Remix edition has been tested with:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...hines/Netbooks
Very nice of those Ubuntu folks to create such a webpage.
I am not a Linux guru by any means, but if you have a successful backup of your Netbook (see my other post here about how to back up your computer) then you might wanna try Ubuntu just to see how much faster it is than Windows...and how surprisingly similar it is to Windows (especially if you are just surfing, doing online stuff, opening PDF docs, and/or running the SAME software you normally run on Windows). It comes pre-loaded with FireFox, a ton of apps/games, and even OpenOffice (MS Office competitor) which is sweet. My installation, brand new with all the updates, is about 5gigs. Personally I find Linux much faster than Windows (yes, on the same machine) and Firefox is blazingly faster than IE or even FF on Windows.
-Eric