Red Hat Commits To MIT's $100 Laptop

[taharka]

Salute, being that you're a member of the armed forces :-) Vietnam
combat veteran myself :-))

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 at 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 ;-)
> > 
> >>WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
> >>
> > 
> > taharka
> > 
> > Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
> > 
> 
> 
> Perhaps the MIT web site is out of date, but it lists the specs as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

Maybe. Looks like the only spec that's off is the CF.

> Looks like the specs for a PDA.

Don't let those specs fool ya though. My present hardware firewall,
"m0n0wall" (FreeBSD based) runs on a 32MB CF card & rivals commercial
enterprise class firewall appliances costing thousands of dollars. This
m0n0wall box a 160 MHz processor & 128 MB RAM.

> Regards,
> 
> John
> 
Regards to you also,

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.