HACKER Q&A
📣 znpy

What's the modern equivalent of netbooks?


Hello there!

I would like to get some cheap and extremely-portable notebook, like those 10" netbooks in late 2000s.

What's the current equivalent of such kind of devices ?

Of course I'd like to run GNU/Linux on it.


  👤 Ekaros Accepted Answer ✓
I think closest you can get is Chromebooks. On other hand there is probably some rarer Chinese netbooks equivalents also available.

👤 ohmyiv
Amazon has a ton of cheap laptops w/10-12" screens priced around $250 or less, including some touchscreens and older big brand manufacturer models. There's a few that are $100 or less. I'm definitely not vouching for the quality or usefulness though.

👤 eimrine
Just grab the cheapest laptop, it gives you a decent battery time, but modern laptops require Systemd to work flawlessly.

👤 dsq
Foldable phone, maybe with an SSH session to a Linux server.