Tips for New Netbook Owners

Did you get a new netbook over the holidays or buy one recently? Our sister blog JKOnTheRun has a good roundup of a whole lot of great resources for optimizing your new system, and if your netbook is Linux-based, you can also find parallel Linux applications for many of the programs discussed there. There are tips on lean applications and utilities ideal for the limited hardware resources on netbooks, ThinkFree's mobile application suite for Windows and Linux, and more. Also take a look at our popular post "25 Free, Game Changing Open Source Resources"  for many free, open source applications, tutorials, and other customization ideas.