On Fri 01 May 2009 14:13:52 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
The other area that may save Linux on the netbook is the arrival of
very low cost, high powered, high battery life Arm CPU based netbooks.
Oh, if only. It'll take a fairly brave manufacturer to step up, though!
Linux
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Tom Carrollton wrote:
Are Linux netbooks becoming extinct?
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24700/1231/
I'll admit the Asus EEE 901 Xandros Linux I bought demonstrated a
stunning lack of understanding on the part of Asus...
It attempted to look very very very cutesy
On Fri, 01 May 2009 14:10:09 +1200 (NZST)
John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz wrote:
The other area that may save Linux on the netbook is the arrival of
very low cost, high powered, high battery life Arm CPU based netbooks.
Oh, if only. It'll take a fairly brave manufacturer to step up,
2009/4/29 Tom Carrollton tomcarroll...@gmail.com:
Whilst surfing:
Are Linux netbooks becoming extinct?
No.
http://apcmag.com/toshiba_releases_linux_netbook.htm
Known to be currently available in Scotland.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 23:51 +1200, Tom Carrollton wrote:
Whilst surfing:
Are Linux netbooks becoming extinct?
I know that they are frustratingly becoming increasingly hard to get
through the official distribution channels. It seems more and more that
the distributors are only bringing
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:57:15 +1200
Hadley Rich h...@nice.net.nz wrote:
On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 23:51 +1200, Tom Carrollton wrote:
Whilst surfing:
Are Linux netbooks becoming extinct?
I know that they are frustratingly becoming increasingly hard to get
through the official distribution
I noticed in today's LinuxDevices mailing that ASUS is starting to
talk about their next generation of netbooks:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2217646878.html
I can check that for you from our PC buyer in our head office located in
Auckland, as to if we can get some decent netbooks with either Linux on
or no OS. But the netbooks that we have in-store they cannot be sold
without M$ Windows XP.
Navdeep Sidhu
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Are you able
from the
thing.
But I have just noticed Bruce Perens has one of these Acer Aspire One
Linux netbooks.
That guy plays even harder Open Source ball than I do, so I'm
sitting up and interested in these things...
Anyone have one of these gadgets? (Or equivalent)
Where did you get it from / price
for $90 160Gb. I swear I am not on commission!)
Have fun shopping!
Andrew
On Thu, February 5, 2009 13:33, John Carter wrote:
Hmm. Googling some more... (sigh! this is becoming a bigger question
than I have time for at work)
There seems to be three linux netbooks on the market
not on commission!)
Have fun shopping!
Andrew
On Thu, February 5, 2009 13:33, John Carter wrote:
Hmm. Googling some more... (sigh! this is becoming a bigger question
than I have time for at work)
There seems to be three linux netbooks on the market
http://ibuystores.info/search/287/?search=linux
Asus Eee PC 900 Linux white and black and Acer Aspire One with Linux - Blue
Being hardware, which can go wron, rong, wrung, I prefer local
suppliers I can waltz up to on a saturday morning and say fix /
replace.
iBuyStores Online Store is
I have totally given up trying to buy a laptop.
You have to buy Windows and the continuous M$ftOwnsOurSoul company
recommends Windows Vista(TM) bleat ruins any joy I'd get from the
thing.
But I have just noticed Bruce Perens has one of these Acer Aspire One
Linux netbooks.
That guy plays even
) bleat ruins any joy I'd get from the thing.
But I have just noticed Bruce Perens has one of these Acer Aspire One
Linux netbooks.
That guy plays even harder Open Source ball than I do, so I'm
sitting up and interested in these things...
Anyone have one of these gadgets? (Or equivalent
2009/2/5 John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz:
I have totally given up trying to buy a laptop.
How about one of these then?
http://aleutia.com/
or
http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html
or
http://www.fit-pc.com/new/
they all have ~500MHz cpus.
Is that enough grunt?
--
Sincerely etc.
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
2009/2/5 John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz:
I have totally given up trying to buy a laptop.
How about one of these then?
http://aleutia.com/
or
http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html
or
http://www.fit-pc.com/new/
Hmm. Close, very
Hmm. Googling some more... (sigh! this is becoming a bigger question
than I have time for at work)
There seems to be three linux netbooks on the market.
Dell inspiron mini
Asus ee pc
Acer inspire one
INSPIRON, INSPIRe ONe, is someone trying to tell me something?
Being hardware, which
2009/2/5 John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
2009/2/5 John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz:
I have totally given up trying to buy a laptop.
How about one of these then?
http://aleutia.com/
or
http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html
or
... (sigh! this is becoming a bigger question
than I have time for at work)
There seems to be three linux netbooks on the market.
Dell inspiron mini
Asus ee pc
Acer inspire one
INSPIRON, INSPIRe ONe, is someone trying to tell me something?
Being hardware, which can go wron, rong, wrung
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Hmm. Close, very close. Trouble is no battery, no screen, no keyboard
Indeed, but you said that you had:-
totally given up trying to buy a laptop
So you actually do still want to buy a laptop?
Well... there seems to be a new hype word in
Andrew Errington wrote, On 05/02/09 15:20:
I like my Aspire One. I think I will like it more with Linux, but that
entails investing some effort into the process, plus outlaying cash for an
external DVD drive. Oh, and an external hard drive for backups (Noel's
has one for $90 160Gb. I swear I
Well... there seems to be a new hype word in the market these
days. netbook, sub notebook, mini notebook.
Absolutely. I've been using junkers for years now, and I decided the new
'netbook' format would be better for travelling. Having travelled with
two 'regular' notebooks I know I'm right.
On Thu, February 5, 2009 16:29, Craig Falconer wrote:
Andrew Errington wrote, On 05/02/09 15:20:
I like my Aspire One. I think I will like it more with Linux, but that
entails investing some effort into the process, plus outlaying cash
for an external DVD drive. Oh, and an external hard
Andrew Errington wrote, On 05/02/09 16:36:
You don't necessarily need an expensive portable laptop optical drive.
True, but I want to carry it with me when travelling.
Why? Do you anticipate needing it? Or is it a just in case ?
My comment was for those wanting to install something, as a
Perens has one of these Acer Aspire One
Linux netbooks.
That guy plays even harder Open Source ball than I do, so I'm
sitting up and interested in these things...
Anyone have one of these gadgets? (Or equivalent)
Where did you get it from / price?
I'm trying to decrease the fierce and rather
Are you able to sell the machine free of the cost of the Microsoft XP Licence?
2009/2/5 Navdeep Singh Sidhu navdeepsinghsi...@gmail.com:
Hey John,
I work for Dicksmith, and we have couple of Acer One netbook's in stock. If
you want to see if it runs your favorite distro, you can pop into my
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