[Wolves] Ubuntu on Eee PC - Worth it?

[Andy Wootton]

Alan Pope wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 12:31:42AM +0000, Andy Wootton wrote:
>   
>> Try setting your screen to 800 x 600 to get an idea of Ubuntu on a small 
>> screen. Both Nokia and ASUS decided to go a different way.
>
> The eee is 800x480.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>   
Yeah but I wasn't sure what that would look like on a standard monitor 
:) Interestingly, exactly the same resolution as the Nokia N800 (but 
maybe big enough to see without my reading glasses)

If these devices are to be a success in schools then surely a community 
needs to form around the software, not the hardware. Immediately porting 
10 different versions of Linux onto them is just supplying the Microsoft 
apologists with bullets. I only boot my PC once a day too but maybe 
school kids will boot once per lesson when they get to a mains supply so 
the startup time becomes more important.