[Deaf-lug] Haiku

[Ben Fletcher]

My colleague was raving about the N800:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lob800-1.html

About 50 quid less than EEEpc.  Not strictly a laptop, but very cool :-)

http://www.starryhope.com/tech/apple/2007/10-ways-the-nokia-n800-is-better-than-apples-iphone/

Ben

On 13/02/2008, JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com> wrote:
>
>  My primary laptop is a Dell Vostro 1500 - it's a very very heavy laptop!
>
> If I'm going to somewhere like a trade show which I am increasingly likely
> to do in my job - I'll want something small and light that I could whip out
> and make notes and go online/send emails etc. EEEpc fits there very well. Or
> for on the plane or other travels (which again I'm more likely to do soon
> (although not around the world :-( ) with ripped movies and so on - the
> EEEpc is seriously small. Hell you even find them in Toy'r'us these days
> now! :-)
>
> Cheap? An EEEpc cost about £200. That's it. Also great for kids if you
> want to get them a laptop as an alternative to the OLPC.
>
>   As for where do I have the space? That's why most of my systems are
> laptops - they're easy to put away. Two are work laptops, one is wifey's.
> The server is a Shuttle box (it's quite small and goes under the TV easily
> enough) so you don't actually notice much computers in the house! ;-)
>
>
> On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 15:38 +0000, Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>
> I have heard of it.. never tried it.there is also AmigaOS4.0 which suprised me that was still going.
> Distros  I have tried are most Linux varantBSDHurd.
> Why are you getting a EEEpc when you already have a laptop of some kind?I love to get my childen (OLPC)  but first I need to get one but I amso poor :-(
>
> Fintan
> On 13/02/2008, JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com> wrote:>>  I wonder if any of you heard of BeOS?>>  This was what started me on the Linux actually even though it's not Linux.> BeOS is now a dead OS, that *might* had been the replacement for OS9, but> they went with NeXT instead along with Steve Jobs.>>  However when I used it, I always loved the fast speed of it. Anyway a new> project to bring back to life BeOS is called Haiku which is programmed from> grounds up to be as similar as possible to BeOS (ie booting up in seconds> (and I mean that...seconds - BeOS is FAST).>>  They do have VMWare images so that you can try it out in VMWare Player> (free) and the boot up time in VMWare player is screamingly fast - took less> than 3 seconds in my case.>>  Was thinking that if this is fast it would make for an ideal replacement OS> for an EEEpc if I get one - since for an EEEpc I would only want internet> and email access and basic office suite (ie Abiword would be ideal)> _______________________________________________> Deaf-lug mailing list> Deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug>>
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