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Re: [LUG] Elonex Netbooks

 

Hi Everyone

On 10 Jan 2009, at 19:45, Alan Pope wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for all the feedback. Anyone want to buy one. I'll suggest  
flogging them and trying to buy a laptop to share...

Rich


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