Re: Red Hat Commits To MIT's $100 Laptop

[taharka <res00vl8 alltel net>]

Howdy,

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 13:16 -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote:
> On 2/1/06, taharka <res00vl8 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.
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taharka

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