Would you drop Mini if you were Ruben? :)

I do feel like Mini, and lightweight distributions in general, are getting a bit less relevant than 2010 when Mini debuted.

The generation of computers that required Mini and couldn't run the standard edition is fast becoming extinct.

A new netbook should be able to run Trisquel standard edition just fine ... on that hardware, M$'s Restricted Boot BS is more of a barrier than RAM limits or something.

And an old-school desktop metaphor just plain doesn't cut it on a tablet in the first place. That's a non-starter.

Mini is still important in poorly developed nations where computer hardware isn't up to the par of the first world. But what are the numbers, really? Is our adoption rate in such places a mere flash in the pan?

P.S.: It's nice to have a real (Free Software based) business owner and entrepreneur in these discussions. Too many hobby hackers in a project mean that things can quickly lose contact with reality. ;)

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