Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

2015-11-26 Thread Stuart Ward
On 21 November 2015 at 22:21, David King wrote: > Does anyone have any good recommendations, looking in the £300 to £400 > price range? In that price range I think your best bet will be a ex-corporate machine. There are lots of sellers of these on ebay. But you do need to be careful with the sp

[ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Alan Lord
Slightly OT but I thought it interesting in case anyone missed the announcement this morning: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Colin Law
On 26 November 2015 at 13:17, Alan Lord wrote: > Slightly OT but I thought it interesting in case anyone missed the > announcement this morning: > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/ That's outrageous. Free computer with magazine indeed. What is the world coming to? Colin --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 26 November 2015 at 13:28, Colin Law wrote: > On 26 November 2015 at 13:17, Alan Lord wrote: > > Slightly OT but I thought it interesting in case anyone missed the > > announcement this morning: > > > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/ > > That's outrageous. Free computer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Alan Pope
On 26 November 2015 at 13:49, Simon Greenwood wrote: > And we used to get excited about free CDs... > I remember my brother getting music magazines with promo plastic records on the front :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Alan Lord
On 26/11/15 14:03, Alan Pope wrote: I remember my brother getting music magazines with promo plastic records on the front :) lol - *I* remember getting those bendy 45s on the front of magazines... Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 26 November 2015 at 14:31, Alan Lord wrote: > On 26/11/15 14:03, Alan Pope wrote: > >> >> I remember my brother getting music magazines with promo plastic >> records on the front :) >> > > lol - *I* remember getting those bendy 45s on the front of magazines... > > ​ Me too - I still have a few