[TriLUG] Netbook

[Tim Jowers]

Freedscale has a Linux tablet targeted at $200.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Freescale-Chromium-Tablet-ipad,9832.html#xtor=RSS-181

Others are releasing these too. Its sorta funny since the Windows
tablets have been out for several years. I guess Jobs claim to fame is
repackaging an existing product in a nicer package. Well, maybe one of
these Linux tablets can even beat him. For sure, Linux is way more
standard than Apple.

E.g. Shogo tablet:
http://www.junauza.com/2010/05/shogo-linux-tablet-potential-ipad.html
and a whole host of Android tablets such as
http://www.lightinthebox.com/wholesale-Laptops--Notebooks_c1386?gclid=COL0p8Lg86QCFSZl7AodAzBchg

Truly commodity hardware! It wasn't 15 years ago when the hardware
vendors were shooting to break the $1000 price barrier. Now the price
is falling right into impulse buying areas!

Tim Jowers




On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kevin Hunter <hunteke at earlham.edu> wrote:
> At 10:50pm -0400 Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Henry Middleton wrote:
>>
>> Is there a local vendor where I can get a netbook with Ubuntu
>> pre-installed?
>>
>> I want it pre-installed so that:
>>
>> 1) I do not need to pay for a copy of Windows that I will remove
>> anyway
>>
>> 2) I know the hardware is Linux-friendly.
>
> There was an Ask Slashdot about this a couple of years ago that I thought
> had some good discussion.  Let me test my google fu ... yes:
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/0027212
>
> Some of the comments may be pertinent to your decision, but I think it boils
> down to three things:
>
> 1. How much time are you willing to invest in this?
>
> 2. Linux is hardy so you only need to make sure that the there is
>   driver support for all the pieces and parts before you buy the
>   machine.  Much more so than Windows, Linux will Just Work if it
>   has a driver.
>
> 3. How much cash are you willing to spend?
>
> Don't forget that unless you have a personal investment in this, time /is/
> money; you'll be hard pressed -- living in USA and posting on this mailing
> list -- to make a case that much more than 10 minutes is worth the ~$10 you
> might save.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
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