Roy Schestowitz wrote:
One Cheap Desktop for All
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| YellowSheepRiver Municator is selling a new Linux-based desktop for
| about $150. Like Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child project,
| makers of the Municator say they want to banish the digital divide.
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| Proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows drive up costs
| beyond the reach of most people in China, so the company adopted the
| slogan "Say no to Wintel" and opted for open source. It adapted Linux
| to the Municator's indigenous processor and released the Thinix 3.0
| operating system with a user-friendly interface.
|
| Initially, YellowSheepRiver will promote the Municator in the rural area
| of western China as well as Southeast Asia, Lin said. The company's goal
| is to sell 500,000 machines this year.
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71222-0.html
Specs are interesting. Has a Radeon chip set.
I'd love to know more about the "Mucinator 2C" CPU!
http://www.yellowsheepriver.org/products_e.htm
# Processor Municator 2C Chinese CPU 400/800 Support 64-bit SysAd
# Speed = 400-800 Mhz
# BGA package
1Flash ROM
2/4Mbit Flash ROM
1Chipsets
North bridge : Marvel MV64420-BDM1C133
# FSB 133MHz
# DDR 166MHz
# PCI 32-bit 33MHz
South bridge : VIA VT82C686B
# 1VGA ATI Radeon 7000-M 33MHz 32-bit PCI
# Internalized with 16MB DDR RAM buffers
# Support VGA port & S-Video output
1Storage 40G HDD:Easily upgradeable ATA100/66/33 support
40PIN+PCS 44PIN X 1
# Optional Optical Storage: CD-ROM / DVD-ROM / Combo Drive
(DVD-ROM+CD-RW) / DVD+RW / DVD Dual
1System Memory
PC2700 SODIMM slot,
Support DDR 266 module, 128MB/256MB/512/MB,
512 MB total memory capacity.
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