No video editing requires a faster chip and more RAM than any netbook can
deliver. I have 4 GBs of RAM and an old single core processor and video
editing is snooze time. A multi-core with lots of RAM and dedicated graphics
chip is the only way to go, especially if you are thinking HD video.

I assume you mean to say: /"No. Video..."/ At least that has been my
experience with my Netbook. I have done the job but only when not in
any kind of hurry. I too would not recommend a netbook for anyone that
is trying to do much graphics.

That is what I thought. However my Sanyo HD 720p camera recommended a P4 3Ghz so
that is what I got. But the software that comes with it is for windows. I'm
hoping that KDenlive will do as well as that software running under Kdenlive.

KDE SC works under Windows, but sadly, KDEnLive is not part of it. It has
been much discussed in the KDE community, but the video libraries associated
with it and the difficulty in porting parts for video editing which is
processor intensive makes it a big project. Too big to tackle with their
resources, it would seem.

http://windows.kde.org/

Your best bet is to run Kubuntu and use KDEnLive that way.

Yes indeed ,KDEnlive runs well on Kubuntu 10.4. 64bits . Just to confirm

Whats wrong with Ubuntu Studio I understand that it is setup for that
type of thing - it certainly appears to have every feature one would
require including a special kernal.

Wow, the volume level on these things is pitiful, pitiful, pitiful. Now I have
to buy an amplified speaker system.

Also, just found out that the Kdenlive USB doesn't have the manual on it and I
am not on line so, how am I going to learn to use this thing? This is NOT GOOD.

And, the HIntel audio driver leaves Volume Contol with a single (stereo?)
channel in and out. Why is that? The Volume Control example screen has a very
broad range of controls on it. I see no way to select a new audio driver, etc.?

Do I have to try and load the driver from the motherboard's CD?

I find that Ubuntu and Kubuntu have the volume set low or even muted by
default. I don't know why that is, but it is often the case. However, Linux
is loud enough on my netbook and my desktop computer, so I can't complain.

Go to Kmix by left clicking on the speaker icon then click in on Mixer. Play
around with the sliders and settings.

http://www.kdenlive.org/user-manual

www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7064/1/

www.omgubuntu.co.uk/.../

Wow, Kdenlive latest edition has no CROSSFADE transition. Why did they take that
out? How do you do this most common of transitions now? This is the one thing I
was trying to find out how to do from the online manual, which I still can not
access by the way as this darn MS networked system is Sysop controlled and
filter to the point of uselessness.

Have the admins taken out the use of a HTTPS search engine to get to the needed
PDF files? My professor mentioned it in an IT class years ago?

No matter the OS, never buy hardware based on any given software package's
minimum recommended hardware. Never.