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Re: $100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote 
(on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:09:42 +0100):
>  __/ [ Fintan Gaughan ] on Sunday 04 June 2006 19:59 \__
> 
>  > nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>  > (on 2 Jun 2006 14:03:15 -0700):
>  >>  Quote:
>  >>  ----------------
>  >>  The One Laptop per Child project will make Linux as popular on the
>  >>  desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte,
>  >>  head of the project and co-founder of the MIT Media Laboratory.
>  >>  --------------
>  >>  End quote
>  >> 
>  >>  http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6079469.html
>  > 
>  > I know its for people not well off i wouldn't mind buying
>  >  2 for my kids if its that cheap!!!
>  > 
>  > Fintan
> 
>  Many people have expressed similar sentiments:
> 
>          http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
> 
>  However, for your children, you might as well wish to consider.
> 
>          http://www.gbax.com/
> 
>  It goes for under $200 and is available *now*.
> 
>  It is games-inclined though.
> 
>  Best wishes,
> 
>  Roy
> 

Thanks but I want to stear clear of console games.
My kids are 3 and 4 .. so i like them to visit Cbeebies and the likes
so they can leave my computer alone :-)

Fintan


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