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You may have heard of “Ubuntu Netbook Remix”, a special edition of Ubuntu for so called “netbooks“, which was showcased by Canonical at Computex.
In ubuntu atom cpu is named lpia and firebird/flamerobin builds just fine on it (is low power x86 so it should be ok)
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http://markusthielmann.com/blog/installing_ubuntu_netbook_remix_ubuntu_hardy_804