On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 10:41 -0800, John Wendel wrote:
taharka wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 13:16 -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote:
>
>>On 2/1/06, taharka <res00vl8(a)alltel.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Red Hat commits to MIT's $100 laptop
>>>
>>>It also wants open-source developers to help slim down Fedora Core as
>>>part of the effort
>>
>>unbuntu fits into roughly 1.6GB disk space.
>>redhat 9 fit into 1.57GB disk space
>>
>>so ... Whats the real issue here?
>>
>
> My guess, after reading the article, is this: "To keep costs down and
> make it more durable, the laptop will eschew a hard drive in favor of
> 1GB of flash memory, on which the operating system, other software and
> all local data must be stored."
>
>>I mean hell ... A "feature" complete FC5T2 fits into 4GB diskpace on my
PPC.
>>--
>
> See above ;-)
>
Perhaps the MIT web site is out of date, but it lists the specs as
500 MHz processor
128 MB dram
500 MB of flash
Looks like the specs for a PDA.
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I wonder if Red Hat could license from the Rolling Stones...Crank It Up!
sort of a Windows parody...
Craig