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>>>>>> Canonical, Vodafone bring ARM-based Ubuntu netbook to South Africa
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>>>>>> | Canonical and Vodacom, the South African subsidiary of Vodafone,
>>>>>> | have announced the launch of the Vodafone WebBook in South Africa.
>>>>>> | The ARM-based netbook runs the Ubuntu Linux operating system and is
>>>>>> | designed to "bring simplified, value-added internet access to
>>>>>> | thousands of South Africans, many of whom have until now had no
>>>>>> | access".
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>>>>>> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-Vodafone-bring-ARM-
>>> based-Ubuntu-netbook-to-South-Africa-1363541.html
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>>>>> It looks a decent machine.
>>>>> I'd buy one if not 2 or more if they sold it here at that price!
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>>>> You could get a tablet with Linux for a couple hundred quid or less.
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>>> My aim is to use Ubuntu or some ARM distro as a full blown
>>> computer as a component in new projects.
>>> Out with time consuming embedded and in with full blow
>>> Ubuntu I say.
>>>
>>> I tried this theory with the Genesi nettop. Gambas wasn't working and
>>> some bug had a nasty habbit of crashing the screen.
>>>
>>> Currently I use Acer nettops with SSD. It works like a charm but I don't
>>> plan spending $400 for every idea I got going and the power demand is too
>>> high for my liking.
>>>
>>> A nice working $100 laptop with Ubuntu is just what the doctor
>>> ordered for this plan! Saves me a lot of money if I decide to
>>> keep expanding the system.
>>
>> In 2005 eSys sold a computer with Ubuntu for 165 quid, including all the
>> peripherals (no monitors). These days you can also buy a Ubuntu-capable
>> machine for 40 quid... among the refurbished units there's stuff like
>> this:
>>
>> http://buy.vivastreet.co.uk/computers+manchester-m26/dell-
> pentium-4-2-6ghz-cheap-desktop-pc--1-2gb-ram--warranty/14454413
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>> Not bed if you want a detached machine to experiment with or drive another
>> monitor/task. That's what I do personally. :-)
>
> I got about 5 may be 7 PCs spare. This 'new' idea is the next step forward
> for PC evolution. Put them into match boxes with power budgets of under 10
> watts and make them powerful replacements for embedded - good enough to
> solve the next generation of generic problems without costing the earth.
> I'd say $100 is too much right now - probably a $50 match box PC with
> all the power of netbook is what I am looking for. The genesi smarttop
> has it all except reliable working software and double the price I
> was hoping to get it at in the UK.
Power consumptions oughtn't cost more than 5 pounds a month for
those old desktops. Reuse is better than choosing newly-made
'green' computers -- better for the environment anyway.
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~~ Best of wishes
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