Yay ! First of all, get the tools (A-Map, Spriting tools, unlzGBA maybe, and other stuff like that).
Second, go download Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FR and LG. One of each, but they can be easily copied. Just make sure to always have a backup if you play around with it. (:
That's what I do for my netbook, and it seems to work.