I don't think we need to be too concerned with older hardware. The 1st world
throws away more hardware than the third world knows what to do with.
Example (this may be a bit of an exaggeration above as it isn't third world
but I don't think my comment is far off the mark):
Freegeek is a non-profit organization in Portland, Oregon, USA (and has other
chapters elsewhere) that recycles computers and donates them to schools. They
have so much excess inventory much of it literally gets recycled (melted down
kind of recycling). The minimum spec'd system they give away is a dual-core
with 1GB of ram:
http://www.freegeek.org/volunteer/what-you-get/
Would I abandon the mini? Yes. It's just a waste of resources. Unless you can
pin down who it is specifically that needs/wants this I say get rid of it.
Your probably putting resources into a project that is supporting a fictional
entity/group.
There are bigger issues on the table anyway. Resources. We can always go back
and release a mini edition once the resource problem is solved. I think we
need to first focus on improving Trisquel to attract users. I'd rather see
something that works beautifully without the need for users applying lots of
manual fixes than a dozen different versions that are nearly identical
anyway. If the point is freedom and getting it to the most users possible the
desktop environment almost doesn't matter. As long as it works for the
majority (ease of use) you'll want to make one environment work well and then
focus on fixing major issues (flash support).
Its not really that simple of an issue to fix. Particularly flash. Although
to me it makes no sense to focus on lavishness things before you've even got
a workable environment.
