I promise I’ll stop talking about Samsung any day now. There are plenty of other tech topics to blog about. Like WordPress. Or keyboards. Or MP3 players. I did want to put in a plug for a couple of communities I frequent often – SammyNetbook and Linux on my Samsung.
One thing I find interesting about the netbook craze is how netbook-specific communities pop up very soon after the netbooks are announced or come out. Back when the original Eee PC came out I found a lot of great information on EeeUser. I was unfamiliar with Linux, so the tutorials and explanations I found there on how to add programs and make my BlueTooth dongle work really helped. Now with almost every new entrant into the netbook category you’re likely to find a community of dedicated users.
I found SammyNetbook when I was attempting to make the hardware on the NC10 play nice with Windows 7. That’s also where I found out that Fedora works on it out of the box, which was very useful in writing my Linux piece. Someone there pointed me to Linux on my Samsung and I intend to read and contribute there a lot over the next few weeks. I’m putting Linux Mint on my Samsung, but I’m waiting until the next version comes out. Ubuntu, which Mint is based on, is set to have better compatibility with netbooks, so it follows that Mint will, too.
I think it’s awesome that if you buy a netbook you’re likely to find a group of people who also have one and are dedicated to solving problems, trying new things, and extolling its virtues.
