Re: [ubuntu-uk] £98 PCs target UK digital divide

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 22:28 +, Bruno Girin wrote: > Indeed. Also bear in mind that this is meant for people who have never > used a PC in their lives so they may have a lot less pre-conceptions > about what should be running on the PC than the average user. That is both profound and ought to l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] £98 PCs target UK digital divide

2011-01-17 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:33 +, Jon Farmer wrote: > On 17 January 2011 13:29, alan c wrote: > > > Unfortunately the 'L' word is not always very good news in a situation like > > that. A lot of publicity about some users not being able to play their games > > or whatever. > > > That really is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] £98 PCs target UK digital divide

2011-01-17 Thread Jon Farmer
On 17 January 2011 13:29, alan c wrote: > Unfortunately the 'L' word is not always very good news in a situation like > that. A lot of publicity about some users not being able to play their games > or whatever. That really is a matter of managing expectations. I know most people hear PC they t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] £98 PCs target UK digital divide

2011-01-17 Thread alan c
On 17/01/11 13:19, Yorvyk wrote: Interesting story, £98 PCs target UK digital divide. "The cheap computers will run open-source software, such as Linux..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12205412 Unfortunately the 'L' word is not always very good news in a situation like that. A lot of

[ubuntu-uk] £98 PCs target UK digital divide

2011-01-17 Thread Yorvyk
Interesting story, £98 PCs target UK digital divide. "The cheap computers will run open-source software, such as Linux..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12205412 -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt