That is what my concern was too! Why pay when there is a solution good enough for free? They should give the whole system for free. Are they gonna charge people for some PII machine?!
Stanley Grixti wrote: > Who will be paying for the M$ licenses? why don't they put Ubuntu on all > of them!? > > > Andrew wrote: >> Even Deli linux should work fine. I personally didn't know that all >> machines are 486's, i thought maybe some pentium IIs, but i am sure a >> decent distro can be installed. Well i think they'll be installing Win >> '98 on them since no other MS product works on such low specs, correct >> me if i'm wrong! >> >> >> Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote: >> >>> I believe that something like DSL would do the trick since its built for >>> such low resource environments. >>> >>> On Jan 23, 2008 8:21 AM, Ramon Casha >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> The server seems to be down or something. >>> >>> As regards the 486's, chances are they will also have very limited >>> RAM. Do you think they will be powerful enough? Even websites can be >>> flash-intensive etc. However, if we could install a decent browser, >>> email, word processor etc., it's not a bad idea. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 21/01/2008, *Andrew* >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey, >>> >>> it seems that www.linux.org.mt <http://www.linux.org.mt> is >>> dead, at least i can't browse to it >>> from 2 different locations. >>> >>> Anyways, I was reading Noel Grima's article on Independent >>> (http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=63551) and he >>> wrote: >>> >>> 'The broadband offer will soon have another remarkable offer: >>> very cheap >>> computers. With the process to replace all computers in government >>> service almost concluded, most of the 13,000 computers being >>> replaced >>> will be offered to the disabled, to NGOs and to people on social >>> assistance at a very cheap price, after being fully refurbished, >>> with >>> full licences and original software. Not all computers that are >>> being >>> replaced will be sold as those which are not compatible with XP, >>> such as >>> the old 486s, will be scrapped.' >>> >>> Is there a way that at least 50% of these machines get installed >>> with >>> say Ubuntu (price will get lower)? If most of the PC's donated >>> will be >>> to people who never used a PC, it won't be that difficult for >>> them to >>> adjust. I personally think that people who already are >>> accustomed to >>> Windows find it hard to switch. All these people would need is an >>> internet browser, Office and maybe some fancy games. >>> >>> I am aware that this easily said then done, but thought I'd share my >>> opinion. >>> >>> >>> Andrew >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ramon Casha >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > > -- > Stanley 9H1LO.net System Administrator / Owner > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message and in any attachment is > confidential and may be legally privileged. > It is intended for the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed. 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