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Re: [LUG] Elonex One T (not the + model): Alternate distros?

 

On 02/02/2009 10:23, Paul Sutton wrote:
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> Rob Beard wrote:
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>> On 01/02/2009 23:18, Julian Hall wrote:
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>>> Thanks Rob and Richard.  I couldn't actually find it in the LUG archive,
>>> but I then found it looking through my own mail (I tend to keep LUG mail
>>> about three months).
>>>
>>> A bit convoluted, but the netbook I saw belonged to a friend of *my*
>>> friend who had said he would see if anything better could be done with it.
>>>
>>> I've now replied telling my mate to suggest the owner tries to swap it
>>> for something else - however it was an Xmas present from his wife so not
>>> sure how well that would go down with her.
>>>
>>>
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>> Ahh yeah that could possibly be a problem.  We technically he could use
>> it for internet access, just probably not for sites bogged down with Flash.
>>
>> Rob
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> Isn't the elonex one partly aimed at education,  its a shame that if its
> as bad as you say it is,  then it will give a bad impression of Linux to
> the very people who would benefit the most,  todays youngsters who could
> do with the one computer per child idea being a reality.
>
> if it can't run flash it makes it pretty useless for education given
> that a lot of sites are flash driven,
>
> Paul
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I wouldn't have thought they'd be pushing these things out to 
educational establishments, they'd probably be selling a complete 
Windows based package.

Rob


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