[Novalug] Sad day for OLCP.... =(

[b b]

my candidate for a replacement:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-220-332

(although prices for good performers in the same price range are comparable)

the bonus on the above product is 20GB for the Linux version vs 12GB for the Software From Satan™ version...

billy 'still using a Sony C1XS w/RH9 & IBM Z50 w/NetBSD 4 [hpcmips]' ball


--- On Fri, 5/16/08, Sarah Elkins <sarah.elkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sarah Elkins <sarah.elkins at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Sad day for OLCP.... =(
> To: novalug at calypso.tux.org
> Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, 1:39 PM
> > Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:56:49 -0400
> > From: Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
> > Subject: [Novalug] Sad day for OLCP.... =(
> > To: "Northern Virginia Linux User's
> Group" <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> > Message-ID: <482D92A1.8030604 at redhat.com>
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> >
> http://blog.laptopmag.com/as-promised-olpcs-xo-to-get-windows-xp
> >
> > For those of you that used the OLPC, what were your
> thoughts when it was linux based?
> 
> I actually like Sugar and the Journal.  Performance
> isn't spiffy, but
> it's fine for most of my web, email and ebook uses (but
> then, I didn't
> do vids/music on it).  A great travel laptop as far as
> I'm concerned.
> I understand that for outside developers Sugar has been
> pretty
> frustrating (undocumented APIs?).  Most of what I've
> written about
> OLPC and the XO is at
> http://configures.sarahelkins.org/category/olpc/
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sarah Elkins
> p.s. for anyone wondering what became of my job hunt,
> I've just
> started as a network engineer at TerpSys, on the WebApps
> team
> supporting the National Cancer Institute... lots of Linux!
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