I’m with SeZo … I’m not really sure there ever was a need for “netbook” distro’s … just pick a distro with a light desktop and you’ll be fine.
If Unity/Gnome3 did us any favours, it’s that there are more distros around offering alternative (and usually lighter) desktop environments by default, and/or the ones that already existed are getting more coverage.
So in a way there may be MORE distros around that are suited to netbooks, they’re just less likely to be labelled as “netbook specific”.
Just a quick update if anybody here is interested…
Yeah, Ikey pulled the plug on it, but he’s continuing in FOSS and is in the middle of creating a media player called Budgie.
http://ikeydoherty.github.io/budgie/
Distrowatch did a review of Point Linux last week - it’s based on Debian Stable, running Mate. Light RAM usage, and really quick apparently. Should suit netbooks (although I haven’t tried it myself). Worth stating that the next Debian will probably run Xfce, so although it’s a couple of years away, will be worth keeping an eye on.