[nylug-talk] need to refer client for Red Hat help / OLPH project

[Kevin Mark]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 12:01:43AM -0400, JH Earthlink wrote:
> Hi all,
> To whet your appetite, here's the pitch from the site:
> 
> You may have heard of the OLPC - One Laptop Per Child Project.
> http://laptop.org/ They're building great, kidproof computers from
> scratch, with an innovative Linux operating system. They're awesome -
> but they sell for $200. I'm a pro computer tech who's also a
> eco-head/hardcore Green. I want to re-cycle old laptops as wireless Web
> browsers - and I've found a way to do it! Better a (working) laptop in
> your lap, than in landfill because it can't run the latest Window$
> bloatcode... 

Have you heard of the Eee PC from Asus? wifi, flash memory, linux, 7",
camera for about $400. And a few other cheap linux web browser-laptops
are on the way this yaer.

The hard part is selling the wifi laptop model where folks expectations
are hard to tame to accept a low-spec device. Just like the OLPC
machine, folks will want a 'real' computer. Can Linux power such
machines? Sure. Is reusing them Green? more or less. Battery life and
replacement would be an issue.

-K
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