has anybody been able to find a copy of the version of Linux they have customized for this? I've been tracking this project since last fall (and thoroughly excited about it by the way). I believe they are using fedora core, but I think they have slimmed it down considerably. The flash memory on these things is only 512MB.
On 6/9/06, A.M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, June 9, 2006 1:32 pm, Robert Citek wrote: > > > > > On Jun 8, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Eric Martin wrote: > > > >> Robert, are programs like yours allowed to purchase things like the > >> $100 laptop project? > >> > >> > >> http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti/2006/05/001414.php > >> > > > > Even if I wanted to get one for the group, these laptops are only > > being sold to governments. From the FAQ[1]: > > > > "How will these be marketed? > > The laptops will be sold to governments and issued to children by > > schools on a basis of one laptop per child. Initial discussions have been > > held with China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, and Thailand. > > An additional, modest allocation of machines will be used > > to seed developer communities in a number of other countries. A commercial > > version of the machine will be explored in parallel." > > Another option is to found the Person's Republic of Robert. > > But seriously, these laptops are targeted at people who have barely any > resources. For $100, any USian can get cheapo PC for email and surfin'. > The difference is that this $100 model can take more punishment and > provides an adhoc mesh network for communication. It's a computer of last > resort. > > -M > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- James http://blog.jamesrbritton.com/ _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
