alan c wrote:
> [...]
> on a more serious note, *I* looked at a stallman video recently, and
> learned a number of useful things...
>
> (14 videos each 10 minutes)
>
> Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom 1 of 14 (to 14 of 14)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6LsfnBmdnk&feature=PlayLis
* alan c [2009-11-11 12:23:16 +]:
> Alan Bell wrote:
> > Alan Pope wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Liam (the guy in the video) is on this mailing list.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I wonder if there is a video with Valerie Singleton explaining what
> > community developed open source software is.
>
> :-)
>
Steve wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:08:27 -, Alan Pope wrote:
>
>
>> 2009/11/11 Rob Beard :
>>
>>> It could possibly be based on an Atom CPU, that way it could well
>>> possibly be fanless.
>>>
>>>
>> Rough specs are on the site..
>>
>> "simplicITy : model 100 - energy efficie
2009/11/11 Steve :
> The cases are made from an old shoe box, two toilet roll inners and some
> sticky-back plastic. :-))
>
I wonder if they prepared them earlier.
Cheers,
Al.
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:08:27 -, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/11/11 Rob Beard :
>> It could possibly be based on an Atom CPU, that way it could well
>> possibly be fanless.
>>
>
> Rough specs are on the site..
>
> "simplicITy : model 100 - energy efficient, cool and quiet running
> Onboard graphics
2009/11/11 Rob Beard :
> It could possibly be based on an Atom CPU, that way it could well
> possibly be fanless.
>
Rough specs are on the site..
"simplicITy : model 100 - energy efficient, cool and quiet running
Onboard graphics, sound and network connection
Sempron LE-1250 socket AM2 energy eff
etali wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>
>> Looks like they have thought about things better and spent more time
>> preparing than certain Linux powered netbook projects did.
>> It would appear that they control their own sales process and the full
>> company is on board with the project, they shouldn'
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:08:27 -, Alan Bell
wrote:
> Looks like they have thought about things better and spent more time
> preparing than certain Linux powered netbook projects did.
> It would appear that they control their own sales process and the full
> company is on board with the projec
Alan Bell wrote:
> Looks like they have thought about things better and spent more time
> preparing than certain Linux powered netbook projects did.
> It would appear that they control their own sales process and the full
> company is on board with the project, they shouldn't have their own
> sales
Alan Bell wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
>>
>>
>> Liam (the guy in the video) is on this mailing list.
>>
>>
>
> I wonder if there is a video with Valerie Singleton explaining what
> community developed open source software is.
:-)
on a more serious note, *I* looked at a stallman video recently, a
etali wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>
>> good luck to them. Not sure I would base a product on Mint, but the
>> hardware looks perfectly good (looks a lot like what I am using right
>> now) and the price is not the price for a bare bones unit but for the
>> solution including training materials and
Looks like they have thought about things better and spent more time
preparing than certain Linux powered netbook projects did.
It would appear that they control their own sales process and the full
company is on board with the project, they shouldn't have their own
sales reps selling against it. I
etali wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>> good luck to them. Not sure I would base a product on Mint, but the
>> hardware looks perfectly good (looks a lot like what I am using right
>> now) and the price is not the price for a bare bones unit but for the
>> solution including training materials and suppo
Alan Bell wrote:
> Sean Miller wrote:
>> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>>
>> Sure, they "build them to order" or whatever but they must be raking it in!!
>>
>> And the site doesn't say how much memory the things have - let's hope
>> it's enough for them to use it
Alan Bell wrote:
> good luck to them. Not sure I would base a product on Mint, but the
> hardware looks perfectly good (looks a lot like what I am using right
> now) and the price is not the price for a bare bones unit but for the
> solution including training materials and support (remember it isn
Alan Pope wrote:
>
>
> Liam (the guy in the video) is on this mailing list.
>
>
I wonder if there is a video with Valerie Singleton explaining what
community developed open source software is.
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Sean Miller wrote:
> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>
> Sure, they "build them to order" or whatever but they must be raking it in!!
>
> And the site doesn't say how much memory the things have - let's hope
> it's enough for them to use it as a standard Linux instal
2009/11/11 Alan Pope :
> 2009/11/11 Alan Lord (News) :
>> On 11/11/09 08:46, Sean Miller wrote:
>>> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>>
>> Yes, it does seem quite pricey.
>>
>
> Tricky
>
>> On this video on the BBC
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353468.stm
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 11/11/09 09:36, Rob Beard wrote:
>
>> Mark Fraser wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:46:03 Sean Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>
Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>>> Yeah, I thought that too.
>>>
>>>
On 11/11/09 09:36, Rob Beard wrote:
> Mark Fraser wrote:
>> On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:46:03 Sean Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, I thought that too.
>>
> I dare say they have to cover the costs of getting a TV presenter to
> rec
Mark Fraser wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:46:03 Sean Miller wrote:
>
>> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>>
>
> Yeah, I thought that too.
>
I dare say they have to cover the costs of getting a TV presenter to
record instructional videos, I dare say
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>
> What I'd like to know is how they manage to get such good publicity? I
> don't recall the BBC asking for us to come and talk about Libertus:
> http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com/libertus
>
> Al
>
>
>
>
They managed to get a nice, iconic celebrity on board (for the
2009/11/11 Alan Lord (News) :
> On 11/11/09 08:46, Sean Miller wrote:
>> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
>
> Yes, it does seem quite pricey.
>
Tricky
> On this video on the BBC
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353468.stm with RCJ the developer
> does say it
On 11/11/09 08:46, Sean Miller wrote:
> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
Yes, it does seem quite pricey.
On this video on the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8353468.stm with RCJ the developer
does say it is built on top of Linux Mint.
What I'd like to
On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:46:03 Sean Miller wrote:
> Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
Yeah, I thought that too.
> Sure, they "build them to order" or whatever but they must be raking it
> in!!
> And the site doesn't say how much memory the things have - let's ho
Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive???
Sure, they "build them to order" or whatever but they must be raking it in!!
And the site doesn't say how much memory the things have - let's hope
it's enough for them to use it as a standard Linux install should they
decide to do so
On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:30:33 Alan Pope wrote:
> Interesting.
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: "Julian Hall"
> Date: Nov 11, 2009 8:20 AM
> Subject: [LUG] [Fwd: Computer for the elderly launched]
> To: "DC LUG"
>
> 'A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who
Interesting.
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Julian Hall"
Date: Nov 11, 2009 8:20 AM
Subject: [LUG] [Fwd: Computer for the elderly launched]
To: "DC LUG"
'A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and
the internet has been unveiled.'
Built o
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