Damn Small Linux crushes Windows Vista’s min requirements
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| Damn Small Linux Windows Vista Percent Difference
| Processor i386 (25 MHz) 800 MHz 97%
| RAM 8 megabytes 512 megabytes 98.5%
| Hard drive space not required... 20 gigabytes 99.75%
| Optical drive not required CD-ROM 100%
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http://tech.blorge.com/Structure
%20/2008/02/07/damn-small-linux-crushes-windows-vistas-min-requirements/
If you're broke and need a decent computer, Ubuntu Linux may be for you
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| One of the best things about Linux is its ability to run well even on rather
| elderly PCs that are not powerful enough to run Windows XP, never mind the
| newer resource hog, Microsoft Vista. As businesses and individuals upgrade to
| newer systems, the older systems become available at bargain prices.
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| You'll be looking for a personal computer based on an Intel or AMD
| microprocessor. Ubuntu will run acceptably quickly even on chips as slow as a
| 600 MHz Pentium II.
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http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/tech/2008/02/07/ddn020808lifeubuntu.html
Related:
Low-cost laptops make PC makers mull margins
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| “Computers have been an exception. If you look at consumer electronics, a DVD
| player was about $800 10 years ago – now they sell for $20,” she says. “The
| [computer] industry has been able to keep the price flat by focusing on
| gazillion-gigahertz machines running really bloated software and that’s
| worked for years since the IBM PC revolution.”
|
| [...]
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| OLPC found a strong uptake for a “give one, get one” campaign it launched in
| North America in November. It discovered consumers were willing to pay $400
| for an XO – the price meant another XO would be given free to a
| developing-world child. It is now launching OLPC America to extend the cheap
| laptop concept for children in the US.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfba14f4-cf64-11dc-854a-0000779fd2ac.html
How will Linux win the OS wars? From the bottom up!
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| So therefore, best way to win the war of the operating systems is not to go
| after the high end market.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=352
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