On 11/11/2007, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If we want to target the mass market, impulse buy, lowend, consumer > PC, this Ubuntu $199 Walmart Google PC would be a good hardware "test" > target. http://news.techwhack.com/6742/green-gpc/
Just a note that it isn't a "virgin" Ubuntu distribution; it has been customised for that particular target system somewhat. Also note that even this lowly $199 PC has 512MiB of memory :) > (It would be nice to be able to say, here is a $199 PC that > OpenSolaris is certified to work on). It should help alleviate any > concerns about cost of entry when it comes to becoming an OpenSolaris > developer. Certainly. > One issue. It supports the ultra inexpensive Via processor, which I > haven't heard anyone mention supporting. I believe I've seen posts from Dennis Clarke about OpenSolaris running on a VIA box of his. I don't know which processors the OpenSolaris code base currently has support for. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
