My wife recently lost (or maybe had stolen, we're not quite sure) her
new[ish] Acer Travelmate laptop.  So we're looking for a replacement.

The Travelmate was OK but she found the touchpad very difficult to
use, it's one where the 'buttons' are not actually separate from the
mouse movement touchpad and she found that very difficult.

We want something small like the Acer with its 11.6" screen, similar
processor power etc.  Also obviously needs to be reasonably easy to
install Linux (xubuntu).

Any recommendations?

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Chris Green