Re: [OS:N:] Re: OLPC

["M. Fioretti" <mfioretti nexaima net>]

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 00:42:47 AM -0600, Robert Citek (robert citek gmail com) wrote:
 
> What's your minimum spec for a refurbished computer?

we've been discussing that a lot at the RULE project
(www.rule-project.org), even if it's idling these days.

we define the minimum specs as "to not be a collection of buggy code
not maintained anymore and to be useful to non-geeks who need it for
basic office or study usage, cannot use it as a client because they
don't have more powerful computers available, need plenty of valid
documentation and support from an active online user community".

Practically, this means that it must be able to manage opendocument
files, HTML 4 websites with Javascript, IMAP email with digital
signatures and a couple more things which escape me know (LateX or
lynx aren't going to be useful to non-geeks). And must do all this
with a Linux distro whose community tolerates newbies, is active, has
has many docs as possible and is actively maintained.

So, whatever hardware allows you to do all of the above is fine for us.

    Marco
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