About installing?

I am a Medion fan about to purcase the new akoya, ialready usethere lap topwith wireless net work and would like to try using ubuntu.

I do visit, what to me is a complex site of Barclays stockbroker called Barx, and would like to here from someone who may be has experience,  one other item that i would like the pro.and cons for, the adviseability of using a usb disk to accomodate the programe.  I am at the moment learning to use Transcend JF V30 unit that with its associated software is quite impressive.

Can any one help a novice??

Ken

Hi,

Well the "Medion Akoya" is reportedly the same netbook as the "MSI Wind", allegedly Ubuntu will install on it although it *may* not be totally straigt-forward depending on which reports you listen to.

However (!) if you read the reviews I think the ASUS Eee PC is pretty much the same spec and beats it hands-down on most or all aspects .. and it comes with Linux pre-installed .. so you might want to consider an alternative.

The fact that Sainsburys are stocking the Akoya is in itself a little worrying (!) , anything you can buy in a supermarket is generally cheaper, but then there's usually a reason ...