Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 19 May 2009 02:37 : \____
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>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
>>> this bit o' wisdom:
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>>>>>> I wonder why not Sugar.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gnome is the alternative. The initial desktop is still Sugar, but now
>>>>> they give you an easier choice.
>>>>>
>>>>> It took me a bit of tinkering to ditch Sugar in favor of Fluxbox, and
>>>>> still have the keys and buttons do their thing.
>>>>
>>>> Sugar is not for adults; it's for young people's education.
>>>
>>> My daughter played with the OLPC briefly, and quickly figured Sugar out,
>>> and was playing synthesized music with it.
>>>
>>> And she's a Windows user!
>>>
>>>> Windows has the same thing. Kind of. It's called Windows XP... with the
>>>> Fisher Price UI. It's come with SOLITAIRe!!!1111
>>>
>>> XP ain't too bad. I don't like it, but many do.
>>>
>>> It purportedly works great on netbooks... just ask Microsoft :-D
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>> Microsoft beefed up those "netbooks" and made them a lot more expensive.
>> The early ASUS Eees were underpowered for Windows.
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> They still are. Sadly the new Asus Aspire model only has a hard drive, and
> is naturally more expensive.
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The SSD is set to replace hard drives, it's just a question of time.
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