[HLUG] Simple Linux distro

[Tim Spivey]

It is really more of a software frontend I am after, with big programmable
icons. Eg Email, Internet.

On 17 October 2012 20:24, Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You could also try the linux emporium uk based who do pre installed linux
> laptops
>
> Julian
> On Oct 17, 2012 8:22 PM, "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I bought a motherboard combo from them . Been working well for a long
> > while. They have a shop in Cardiff too if you're ever down that way...
> >
> > I have a feeling that dell is restarting its linux laptops line..
> >
> > Julian
> > On Oct 17, 2012 8:16 PM, "george dicegeorge" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.novatech.co.uk/
> >> sell computers without Windows,
> >> they assemble them in Portsmouth
> >> so if something goes wrong you can take it back.
> >>
> >> I bought this laptop from them, very nice.
> >>
> >> [george]
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Steve Horsfield
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:18 PM
> >> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> >> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Simple Linux distro
> >>
> >> We've discussed this before. It is quite difficult to buy a lap top
> >> without  Windows and the the new restrictions implemented by OEMs make
> it
> >> very difficult to overwrite the operating system you didn't want to pay
> >> for
> >> in the first place.
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17 October 2012 18:25, Tim Spivey <tim at spiveyworld.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Hello all
> >>>
> >>> My mother in law asked me to have a look at
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ordissimo.co.uk/**index.php?option=com_content&**
> >>> view=article&id=175&Itemid=**207&lang=en<
> http://www.ordissimo.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175&Itemid=207&lang=en
> >
> >>> and
> >>> see  what I thought, it looks a bit overpriced to me.  I think I could
> do
> >>> better getting a cheap laptop and putting a distro of Linux on it which
> >>> has
> >>> a very simple frontend that I could configure for her.  Does anyone
> know
> >>> of
> >>> any Linux distros which allow the creation of a simple, unbreakable (!)
> >>> frontend?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Tim
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