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On 10/01/2009 18:52, Brown Richard wrote: > Hi > > Some friends have been given a couple of lovely pink Elonex Netbooks. > This model: > > <http://shop.elonex.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=233&zenid=2a2a545201aa1758944caeab37731037 > > > > 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. > > They also want to store music so I suppose a sd card and something to > record/play it with. > > Thanks > > Rich > Sadly they don't appear to have x86 compatible CPUs, they use some sort of RISC arcitecture instead (which I believe is MIPS based): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elonex_ONEt You may be able to get the MIPS version of Debian running on it, not sure if anything like XMMS is included in the MIPS version of Debian. It looks like it's also possible to emulate these devices on QEmu... http://blog.mottershead.me.uk/blog/ElonexONEt/_archives/2008/10/3/3913506.html Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html