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Re: [LUG] Elonex Netbooks

 

2009/1/10 Brown Richard <cregyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> No I don't know much about this product. The os doesn't seem to play
> youtube (something teenage girls want) and of course msn. Would you
> suggest loading xubuntu or something different or is it possible to
> get flash playing etc.
>

No and no. Not easily anyway. These devices are built around a
"MIPS-like" CPU which (being non-x86) there is no flash for. You could
potentially port apps over from another machine by cross compiling but
as I understand it there are some quirks about the CPU which make it
almost a MIPS but not quite.

Nice thing to play with (for a geek) but not (IMO) something that your
average teenager would want.

Of course if your average teenager were educated in the ways of open
standards etc that might change :)

Cheers,
Al.

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