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Re: [LUG] maplin laptop

 

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:45:08PM +0000, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Just wondered if anyone had any experience with this
> 
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225532&source=1#specifi
> 
> it runs linux,  and looks to have openoffice, pdf reader and firefox

The source code link is an IP address, which is a bad sign. There's also
apparently no way to upgrade or reinstall the OS, so you're stuck with
whatever brain-damaged excuse for a distribution they choose to give you
(with, presumably, little hope for security updates).

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