I am glad someone is making this. I also want to know what kind of ports this has.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > That is great!! I am so glad you e-mailed us!! I think this should go > on the blog when everything is up and ready. So, if I understand you, > these will be available for sale in the US? Will they ship to other > countries as well? I will definitely make more of an effort to > concentrate on remaking icons for the educational software, as we are > currently working on expanding the Lubuntu icon theme (Box icon theme). > Thank you for the holiday cheer you bring to this list!! > > I have some hardware questions for you, though. > Will the processor be multi-core? > Will you offer Solid State drives (possibly as an upgrade? as $300 > wouldn't be enough to cover that). > And finally, what graphics chip are you using... I suppose since you > have an Atom processor it will be Intel graphics (which generally works > well), basically I am wondering if it will be capable of running higher > end 3d graphics. > > Thanks again for your exciting news!! > And thanks for all your contributions to freedom throughout the year!! > > On 12/21/2013 07:25 AM, Craig Morehouse wrote: > > Hello and best wishes to everyone. > > > > I am Craig Morehouse, General Manager of Big Tiger Imports LLC. > > > > I have found a special line of Netbooks made in China, and I am > > building the business foundation to sell them in the USA. Unlike most > > Netbooks, these will be full featured notebook computers with 4GB RAM > > and 500GB hard drives. > > > > Fortunately, the Chinese offer many of their product lines with a > > choice of Windows 7 or Linux. So, I knew the machines would be Linux > > compatible. I figured that the combination of Atom processors and > > Lubuntu software might work nicely. > > > > I ordered the first sample several weeks ago and put Lubuntu on it. As > > predicted, the results are wonderful. It was almost emotional. > > > > I first contributed to the Free and Open Source Software movement in > > 1985. A small part of Emacs is mine ( a very small part, but I am > > quite proud of having contributed). Since then I did a couple of other > > projects at the Free Software Foundation's request. Basically language > > development and grunt work. I've been using Linux as my primary home > > system since the late 90's. I'm a Certified Apple Technician as well. > > > > I also worked with Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg for a decade. > > Many of you have never heard of the Dynabook, but you might google it. > > It's a part of computing history. This is my tribute to Alan Kay and > > the late Dr. Michael Hart. I have shared these visions for a long, > > long time (did I mention that I am old? Eh, what's that?). The > > hardware part is a reality; the other phase of the DynaBook and PG > > were their educational purposes. I intend to complete the visions. > > > > Anyway, the upshot of the situation is that I'm going to sell these > > NetBooks for less than $300. They will come with Lubuntu and the > > Project Gutenberg DVD books. > > > > I am working now to convert all Gutenberg 29,000 books in the > > collection from text format to .epub format. I'm using the Calibre > > program for the library and conversion. The Ebook reader that comes > > with Lubuntu is splendid. > > > > So, the little notebooks will be available in five colors, (Black, > > White Pink, Red and Yellow). Each machine will come with Lubuntu, the > > LXDE environment customized to younger folks and the adults who will > > be teaching them. I'm going through all the Educational software > > available for all Ubuntu flavors, and will have a wide selection > > organized and available right out of the box. We'll also have more > > than 29,000 Ebooks from Project Gutenberg on each machine. > > > > I'm too old now to be an active developer any longer, but I have 30 > > years experience with Graphic User Interfaces along with computer game > > design. Basically, I've seen most every GUI used in the USA and the UK > > to any extent, and I know from the inside what such projects require. > > > > I'll be giving $2 to the Lubuntu developers and $2 to Project > > Gutenberg for each notebook sold. > > > > I'd like to give feedback to the lubuntu-users list since I will be > > watching exactly how people interact with the machines. > > > > It will take about 6 - 8 weeks to get everything ready. There's a > > lead-time to get the machines, there's a lot of work needed to do the > > ebook conversions, and we have to work around the Chinese New Year > > vacation times. > > > > So I'd like to be an ally here as much as I can. > > > > Thanks to all of you, > > Craig Morehouse > > > > > -- > Regards > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
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