Red Hat Commits To MIT's $100 Laptop

John Wendel john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Wed Feb 1 18:41:19 UTC 2006


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Perhaps the MIT web site is out of date, but it lists the specs as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

Looks like the specs for a PDA.

Regards,

John




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