WSJ - Article on Linux netbooks
Beartooth
Beartooth at comcast.net
Thu May 28 21:26:05 UTC 2009
On Thu, 28 May 2009 13:38:56 -0700, Craig White wrote:
[....]
>> I believe it would be - it was certainly better than the xandros on the
>> eeepc 701.
> ----
> well, xandros is a spin off debian so I wouldn't bag on it for that. The
> only challenge is for netbook manufacturers to produce a usable system
> that they can sell without a bunch of returns. ----
You forget that Xandros is the outfit that sold out to the Gates
of Hell; its interface, at least on the 701, was so much like Windows
that I nearly vomited. I got it off the machine in the first half hour I
owned it. Maybe people who actually like Windows would differ ...
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Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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