That was my thought -- for $250, it is a fun bit of bling that someone might not be able to justifiably afford but would be fun and cool and cutting edge for the next few days. A fun prize. A $250 desktop? I am frugal but I also need lots of RAM and decent video and HD space.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Wade Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 21:27 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Fest-list] Fest-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 4 Yes you can SSH with no problem. You can even remote RDP to a Windoze box. Also you can connect to cloud storage. .databases. ..etc. For me it would be worthless as a dev box. However its better than an iFad or other tab. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: David Hazel <[email protected]> Date: 03/12/2013 7:21 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Linux Fest Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Fest-list] Fest-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 4 can you remote ssh form the chromebook into a linux server? Other thing is, for the price of a desktop, you can have a couple of the lower end chromebooks. David Hazel 253.686.0296 [email protected] http://www.hazelconsulting.com <http://www.hazelconsulting.com/> http://drupal.org/user/159383 On Mar 12, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Camden <[email protected]> wrote: Desktop for sure. I feel like chromebooks are a little too limited in the functionality department for most users, who do anything besides surf the web. On Mar 12, 2013 12:41 PM, "Earles, Jill" <[email protected]> wrote: I vote for a desktop. Jill On 2013-03-12, at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Fest-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fest-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: tough LFNW raffle prize decision needed (jawa jawa) > 2. Re: tough LFNW raffle prize decision needed (CHARLES BAUNSGARD) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:06:59 +0000 (UTC) > From: jawa jawa <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fest-list] tough LFNW raffle prize decision needed > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <661508178.27697.1363086419685.JavaMail.mail@webmail03> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://www.peakserv.com/pipermail/fest-list/attachments/20130312/2db375c8/a ttachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:57:03 -0700 > From: CHARLES BAUNSGARD <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fest-list] tough LFNW raffle prize decision needed > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I vote for a Chromebook. > > Chuck > > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Bill Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pogo Linux wanted me to get some input on which to > > offer for a raffle prize this year, > > a Chromebook or a desktop computer. > > > > The vote came in from the BLUG-List as almost a tie. So, > > I'm putting the vote out to the broader audience on the > > Fest-List. > > > > Which do you think? Chromebook or Desktop? > > > > Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fest-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fest-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://www.peakserv.com/pipermail/fest-list/attachments/20130312/dd67d87b/a ttachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fest-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > > > End of Fest-list Digest, Vol 73, Issue 4 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ Fest-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list _______________________________________________ Fest-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list
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