kogan.com.au are offering their own gOS Linux box without having to pay for a throwaway copy of Windows. 1Gb RAM, 160Gb disk, 10 inch screen for $499. Only colour is black, so I'm holding back buying one yet.
Jan -- On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 12:00 +1000, [email protected] wrote: > > From: Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]> > > Reply-to: [email protected] > > To: Philip Kerkin <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux netbook? > > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:06:38 +1000 > > > > Philip Kerkin wrote: > > > Hi I'm probably a bit late on this one, but check out Pioneer > > > http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/ > > > > > > I'm not sure what the hardware is like, but if you go to build your own, > > > there is an option to have Ubuntu preinstalled. I'm a bit wary of the > > > comment that some hardware drivers may be coming soon, but definitely > > > worth a look. > > > > > > I had a look at a pioneer notebook a while ago and was quite impressed > > > with the look and feel. Really light and keyboard felt good and the > > > display was nice and clear. > > > > > > > and for the eeePC, this mob seems to be offering a Linux install on the > > Asus Eee > > PC S101 - presumeably they also offer the option of Xandros. > > > > > > > >> Linux Operating System > > >> If you would like us to install a Linux operating system on this laptop > > >> for you please select which distribution you prefer from the list below. > > >> If you would like more than one of the following please contact us for a > > >> custom quote. > > >> > > >> > > >> No Extra Operating System +$0 > > >> Fedora Linux 10 +$59 > > >> CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 +$59 > > >> OpenSuSE Linux 11.1 +$59 > > >> Ubuntu Linux 9.04 +$59 > > >> KUbuntu Linux 9.04 +$59 > > >> Xubuntu Linux 9.04 +$59 > > >> MEPIS 8.0 +$59 > > >> Mandriva Linux Free 2009 +$59 > > >> Mandriva Linux One 2009 +$59 > > >> PCLinuxOS 2009.1 +$59 > > >> Debian GNU/Linux 5 +$59 > > >> Debian GNU/Linux Testing +$59 > > >> Debian GNU/Linux Unstable +$59 > > >> Gentoo Linux 2008.0 +$59 > > >> Slackware Linux 12.2 +$59 > > >> Freespire 2.0 +$59 > > >> User Supplied OS +$89 > > >> > > > <http://www.vgcomputing.com.au/nsasusEPCS101-BRN026X.html> > > > > > > Marghanita > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
