Yesterday I ordered myself a Lenovo IdeaPad S10e in black with SLED 10 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) preloaded.
Well, some people will critizise me buying HW from a chinese manufacturer. I am not a politician and I buy the HW which I like the most. Point.
I am not sure yet if I will keep SLED on it or if I want to install Debian on it. I will not install a FreeBSD (my favourite OS) on it. Lots of people don't like a SUSE Linux. Even I've had some problems in administrating SUSE. However, maybe I will not replace SLED for the following reasons:
- SLED is preinstalled and the IdeaPad is certified running it.
- All drivers are included already (even closed source WiFi drivers) and work out of the box.
- It is a Netbook and not a development Notebook. I do not care how the system feels under the hood. I will use the IdeaPad for reading PDFs, surfing and e-mailing.
- Installing Debian is possible, but I could do more important stuff instead.
- Why not to use several Distros and Operating Systems on all the Notebooks, Netbooks, Desktops and Servers? My fulltime job is Systemadministrator and it does not hurt to try something else once a while. :)
Well, now I hope that my IdeaPad will arrive ASAP! This year I also want to buy a replacement for my old IBM ThinkPad T42. Maybe it will be a Lenovo ThinkPad T400 or a Lenovo ThinkPad X300 :). I am not sure yet.
Harr! I like that Netbook stuff as well and I need also a new Notebook-driven working station - the new Benkbox ;).
Enjoy your Netbook and tell me about it.
I will not install FreeBSD on my IdeaPad because of drivers.
Even Apple manufactures in China .. whats the big deal here?