This will show you how to [drastically] speed up your linux netbook
1) install prelink
sudo apt-get install prelink
2) edit the config file
sudo vi /etc/default/prelink
Near the top of the file change the following line
PRELINKING=unknown
to
PRELINKING=yes
3) add in a cron job
sudo /etc/cron.daily/prelink
it will run the prelink cron job.
4) install preload
sudo apt-get install preload
5) restart your machine.
you will notice that it seems to run faster now.