Cheap hardware loves Linux
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| I have Wolvix using a separate /home partition but not Debian. I might change
| that in the weeks ahead and see if they can share /home. I still can use
| Puppy 3.00 as a live CD -- I have a pup_save on the Debian partition. For me,
| this is total, complete stability, the likes of which I haven't seen in the
| past year.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/01/cheap_hardware_loves_linux.html
There won't be any more affordable devices running Windows if XP is phased out.
Almost every low-end PC is just running Linux. On the high-end, Macs already
sell /better/ than Windows in Japan. How quickly things have changed.
Related:
A sleek introduction of $299 laptops
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| Today, Asus Technology will unveil a $299 version of the Eee PC, a 2-pound
| laptop that stores data on flash memory, not a hard drive, and runs Linux,
| the open-source operating system, rather than Windows or the Mac OS.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/14/BU4QTSTAN.DTL
The Zonbox: Small, quiet, solid state Linux computing
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| Zonbox is also very environmentally friendly. In their words: With
| Zonbu, green doesn’t have to make you blue! With its efficient ultra
| low power design, Zonbu delivers the power of a traditional desktop
| computer but uses just a fraction of the energy.
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http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=1949
Gizmodo get their hands on Zonbu's remote-storage Linux PC
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| Gizmodo have been playing with a halfway solution, Zonbu?s $99
| Linux PC, which runs open-source software on a fanless 1.2MHz
| platform but utilises Amazon?s S3 storage servers to save your files.
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http://www.slashgear.com/gizmodo-get-their-hands-on-zonbus-remote-storage-linux-pc-235408.php
Zonbu to Roll Out $99 Linux-Based Computer This Summer
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| There's a cheap computer on the way that undercuts them all, the $99
| Zonbu, due this summer in a silent-running form factor that's about
| the size of a paperback book.
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cheap-pc/zonbu-to-roll-out-99-linux+based-computer-this-summer-258177.php
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