There is no other manufacturer that offers a comparable value for money: note especially the excellent Netzwerkaustattung - here you can hardly find a device less than EUR 500, which provides both Gigabit LAN and N Draft wireless together. The devices from Acer, however, are all equipped with it!
The processing is solid, but at the price of course not spectacular. Purchase is decisive for me is always the display type - in which 5230E a matte screen was fortunately re-used, which makes working with this notebook very pleasant.
It is advisable to carry out prior to commissioning an upgrade of memory to 2048 MB, for currently EUR 11 in Amazon an inexpensive and worthwhile additional investment. The Linpus Linux I have not tested - with me the device with Windows XP Professional runs flawlessly, just searching for the driver from the Acer website is always an adventure. The initial setup is not really something for beginners, then the device is predestined for example but as a student notebook etc.
Conclusion: A great budget laptop with a sensational for the low price Features - absolute buy recommendation!