[Nottingham] Crippled Linux

Michael Erskine msemtd at googlemail.com
Mon Apr 4 12:33:57 UTC 2011


On 4 April 2011 13:04, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> On 4 April 2011 12:52, Michael Erskine <msemtd at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Huh? My EeePc 701 runs Linux fine - no upgrades required.
>
> With any spare capacity to do anything much else beyond the default
> installed setup?

It's fine for what it is - I don't have massive expectations for such
a small cheap machine.

> How much spare space is there on the 2GB SSD to work on documents or
> photos or play music?

No idea! I haven't had need to look.

> Compared to the specs afforded to Microsoft devices, I think there's a
> real danger that Linux may well be being made to look to be 'too
> cheap' to the general public...

Too cheap! Now that's priceless!



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