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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:
>
>>>> 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
Microsoft beefed up those "netbooks" and made them a lot more expensive. The
early ASUS Eees were underpowered for Windows.
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