Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Thufir on Sunday
>
>> It's specifically not for consumer use, but for children
>> in the developing world. Does include inner city detroit,
>> for example, though, I wonder?
>
> ...And it's built for mesh-type Wi-Fi, which means you gain
> from having a /population/ of these laptops in proximity
> (and within signal's range). Additionally, it uses Sugar,
> which doesn't work well for adults.
>
> http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=195064&cid=1598
> 3575
>
> Clearly, you could just install another lean desktop
> environment instead, but some stuff might not work 'out of
> the box'? Here you have a Linux laptop which is delivered
> with perfect compatibility. Now, if only more vendors in
> the west did this.
It seems to me that one could develop a Linux distro or option
for adults to use the same hardware. It would be a low cost
PDA with practical keyboard. I particularly liked this
statement and I think it would also suit adults:
| 2. The laptop will include an Office Assistant
| [laptop.org] sort of creature which was, quote, "inspired
| by the Tamagotchi toys, and its purpose is to allow kids to
| interact with the control of the computer in a simple and
| fun way". The assistant is named "Amiko" because that is
| Esperanto for "friend".
Just think, no more Clippie!
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