[Gllug] Oldest Linux user in Britain

John Hearns hearnsj at googlemail.com
Mon Jun 27 16:00:36 UTC 2011


On 27 June 2011 16:38, Richard W.M. Jones <rich at annexia.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:10:07AM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
>>    The government backed RaceOnline2012.org is preparing to supply cheap
>> secondhand computers running ubuntu to any people who have no current
>> internet access, including all ages.
>
> Where do you get the idea they'll be running Ubuntu?

Richard, the original announcement of this project had computers running Linux.
I remember starting a thread on this mailing list at the time.
Here is the Register article I referenced:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/17/lanefox_pcs_for_all/

Things have obviously changed...
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