[News] Yet Another New Laptop Comes with GNU/Linux
Roy Schestowitz
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| Thai systems integrator Norhtec is preparing to release a sub-$300 ultra-mini
| PC (UMPC) laptop based on a Quanta design.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7223327753.html
Laptop, laptops, laptops. Year of Linux on the laptop.
Related:
Linux will dominate UK schools within 5 years
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| Yes, it does seem unlikely doesn't it? Windows has been the only reality for
| several generations of computer users. But is the tide finally beginning to
| turn?
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| At the Education Show held in February 2007, the talk was of 'sustainable'
| computing and how schools could use technology to reduce their 'carbon
| footprint'. Nobody had any idea of what was to come – a host of Linux-based,
| ultra-portable, incredibly cheap and very green personal laptops.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/linux-will-dominate-uk-schools-within-5-years.html
£99 laptop could hatch the Linux generation
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| This might be considered another brick in the wall to mainstream PC
| manufacturers and Microsoft for two reasons.
|
| Firstly, as my old college chum Martin Waller pointed out to me, this new
| generation of Linux/OpenOffice aficionados would naturally want to transfer
| their skills and technologies into the workplace. This worked for a now
| forgotten computer company called DEC (aka Digital Equipment) in the 1970s. A
| generation of engineering and computer science graduates entered the
| workplace after having used the company’s PDP/11 machine in their college
| years and started demanding to have access to similar, easy-to-use,
| mini-computers at work. This process helped speed the demise of the
| centralised mainframe computer.
|
| Secondly, for Microsoft to have any hope of being incorporated in to these
| kinds of super-cheap, commodity products then they will have to drop the
| licence fee for Windows and Office.
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http://techlun.ch/2008/02/29/99-laptop-could-hatch-the-linux-generation/
Elonex £99 Eee PC rival to arrive in June
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| Elonex has rolled out its sub-£100 Linux-based laptop, the One, but it looks
| like it's going to prove harder get hold of than Asus Eee PC has been.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/28/elonex_launches_one/
PCs for Five C's
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| These days, several vendors stock $199 Linux systems ready to be the family's
| fifth or sixth.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3730721
How I Shopped for An Ubuntu Laptop
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| So I now have in my happy hands my own custom, personally configured laptop.
| It’s not as good as buying a machine with Ubuntu pre-loaded, but it was a
| close second. I got it fully loaded with aT9300 processor, 2GB of RAM,
| bluetooth, Intel Wireless, and Nvidia 8600m GT graphics. And I got it for
| nearly $1000 less than I was planning on paying for a T61. It’s a little
| bigger than I’d hoped, and has a glossy paintjob which I hate, but it is fast
| and runs Ubuntu like a champ.
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http://allaboutubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/how-i-shopped-for-an-ubuntu-laptop/
Give an Old Laptop New Life with Cheap (or Free) Projects
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| Like a famed race horse or a classic book, you don't just throw away a laptop
| because it's banged up a little. Even if it seems outdated and underpowered,
| most any laptop is still small, quiet, and relatively low on power
| consumption, making it a seriously valuable spare to keep handy—even without
| a working screen. With some free software, a little know-how and some
| creative thinking about your home network, nearly any old laptop can find its
| second wind, and today I'll run through some of the best ways to get it
| there.
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http://lifehacker.com/359389/give-an-old-laptop-new-life-with-cheap-or-free-projects
Linux Laptops Reach Critical Mass
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| Toss in Ubuntu’s growing popularity on desktops and laptops, and it appears
| as if Linux for PCs and laptops is finally ready to go mainstream. For more
| on Ubuntu and Linux going mainstream,
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/02/20/linux-laptops-reach-critical-mass/
Negroponte: OLPC Machine Will Be $50 in 2011, Electronics Are "Obese"
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| "If you make anything electronic today, you know that eighteen months from
| today, it will cost you half of what it does today," he said. "But if you
| make (electronics), you have no interest in that product being half price in
| eighteen months."
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| So, as we all know, electronics manufacturers fatten up cell phones with
| cameras and MP3 players, etc. Negroponte termed this problem, "a general
| obesity in the electronics industry." He went on to say, "Most laptops are
| like SUVs. You're using most of the energy to move the car, not the person."
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http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/negroponte-olpc.html
UK's Elonex releases £99 OLPC rival
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| Referring to the device's use of Linux, the spokesperson said that — aside
| from the fact that avoiding Windows brings down the cost of the laptop — the
| decision was influenced by government guidelines that encourage a "move away
| from the monopoly Microsoft has".
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39292891,00.htm
The £99 laptop: how can it be so cheap?
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| A new laptop computer for just £99 sounds like the kind of offer found in a
| spam e-mail or on a dodgy auction website. But the British company Elonex is
| launching the country’s first sub £100 computer later this month and hopes to
| be making 200,000 of them by the summer. It will be aimed at schoolchildren
| and teenagers, and looks set to throw the market for budget laptops wide
| open.
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| Called the One, it can be used as a traditional notebook computer or, with
| the screen detached from the keyboard, as a portable “tablet” – albeit
| without the planned touchscreen that Elonex had to abandon to hit its £99
| price tag. Wi-fi technology lets users access the internet or swap music (and
| homework) files between computers wirelessly.
|
| [...]
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| The secret is simple: open-source software. The One runs on Linux, which is a
| rival to Windows but completely free to use. Open-source software can be
| freely swapped or modified by anyone who wants it. In the past such operating
| systems (there are several of them) have been outgunned by the more
| sophisticated Windows programs. However, an open-source operating system is
| ideal for low-cost devices as it performs well on less powerful, cheaper
| hardware.
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article3374812.ece
Sri Lanka to introduce one laptop per child
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| Two-million primary school children are to be provided with US$ 100-worth
| laptops under a farsighted initiative.
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| This is being launched by One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a US based
| organisation in collaboration with the Education Department and several local
| and foreign financial, technological and academic institutions.
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http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080210/FinancialTimes/ft310.html
Mini-laptop sweeps through schools
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| RM, the company supplying the Minibook computer to schools, sold out its
| first order of 6,000 within weeks, and is now projecting school sales of
| 30,000 by the end of the year. They are attracting the attention of IT
| teachers, and with them a multimillion-pound market in school computing so
| far dominated by Microsoft, the Goliath to RM's David.
|
| [...]
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| Last year the government spent £801m on IT equipment for schools. Microsoft
| has the lion's share of the market, but the Minibooks circumvent this iron
| grip by using Linux open source software instead of Microsoft Windows Vista.
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http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2255522,00.html
Nortel considers Linux desktops for its staff
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| Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak, who joined the Canadian telecoms and network
| equipment vendor last July, said "more and more CIOs are looking at Linux
| desktop for reasons of TCO" and argued that the technology "is receiving the
| same level of attention today as when Linux started on servers."
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http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN731846314.html
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
How will Linux win the OS wars? From the bottom up!
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| So therefore, best way to win the war of the operating systems is not to go
| after the high end market.
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Moshe Goldfarb
> Low-cost laptop runs Linpus Linux
Linpus Linux?
Great name ya got there....
That one is sure to be a big seller.
The Linux community releases yet another stinker.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
NoStop
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:52:41 -0500, Moshe Goldfarb
> <brick....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:31:36 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Low-cost laptop runs Linpus Linux
>>
>>Linpus Linux?
>>
>>Great name ya got there....
>>
>>That one is sure to be a big seller.
>>
>>The Linux community releases yet another stinker.
>
> And thank you Mr. Advertising Executive for your exhalted opinion!
> Your presence here has us all in awe of your expertise! Please tell us
> what YOU in your highly vaulted position would have called it?
> You do realize that your opinion is worth about as much as that fart
> you let a while ago, ZILCH! But hey opinions are like assholes,
> everyone has one and they all stink!
He probably thinks that "Vista" is such a perfect name for a crippled p.o.s.
toy operating system that was rushed out the door to boost Microsoft's
profits even more and force users to have to upgrade their hardware to run
that bloatware. Goldfarb is either mentally challenged with his hardon for
Linux, or else paid by Microsoft's marketing department to come to a Linux
advocacy group and shit on Linux.
Cheers.
--
What does Bill Gates use?
http://tinyurl.com/2zxhdl
Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.
AlexB's abacus: http://www.poppystoys.co.uk/shop/baby-toys/caterpillar.jpg
The closest to "computing" that man should go.
Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/compost.htm
not.fl...@gmail.com
7
> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:31:36 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Low-cost laptop runs Linpus Linux
>
> Linpus Linux?
>
> Great name ya got there....
>
> That one is sure to be a big seller.
>
> The Linux community releases yet another stinker.
Vista PISTA?
Great name ya got there....
That one is sure to be a big seller.
The Windummy community releases yet another overpriced stinker.
Don't be upset by micoshaft sponsored fraudsters
and what they cover up about Linux.
Linux is free and superior - see www.youtube.com
and search for compiz and beryl to see what Linux does.
>>http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7223327753.html
>>Laptop, laptops, laptops. Year of Linux on the laptop.
Free to download, copy and distribute as much as you
like. Its a lot faster the micoshaft products
and it comes with source code.
http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com
Linux now expanding at the rate of 1 million+ desktops
per month and embedded Linux is selling 3 million+
embedded Linux gadgets PER DAY!
Thats a big reason to switch to Linux.
Moshe Goldfarb
> Linux now expanding at the rate of 1 million+ desktops
> per month and embedded Linux is selling 3 million+
> embedded Linux gadgets PER DAY!
Any proof of this Joseph Michael?
Bob Campbell
news:RjWAj.20530$XI.1...@text.news.virginmedia.com...
> Linux now expanding at the rate of 1 million+ desktops
> per month and embedded Linux is selling 3 million+
> embedded Linux gadgets PER DAY!
Only in your fevered, wet dreams. Linux is still in the sub 1% range of
desktops, and has been for the last 5 years. There are no gadgets anywhere
selling 3 million PER DAY!
Roy Schestowitz
Embedded devices (chips) are sold at a pace of about 10 million per day (over
10 million per day in 2006). I don't know how many of these use a
stripped-down version of Linux, but with so many GPL violators it is difficult
to tell. Most of these chips are doing some fairly basic functions, so they
are unlikely to require Linux. A recent study did suggest that due to the low
cost of Linux more of the simplistic systems embrace Linux anyway. It's a
trend. This doesn't translate for money, but it shows you how dependent the
world has become on the kernel hackers.
Remember that laptops and desktops everyone keeps raving about are just less
than 2% of the whole market. How Microsoft had people equate computers to a
large box on a desk (or to Windows) is a separate question. Branding plays a
role too.
Did you know that Microsoft appears to be canning its embedded Windows efforts?
It's currently trying to invest more in it (it has already tried dumping it at
the cost of $3), or con some companies into patent traps.
"7" might not put it in the most convincing of ways, but his message /does/
contain an element of truth.
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