Re: Anybody interested?

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, this isn't a For Sale posting.  I'm just wondering if the 
basic idea is of interest to our community.  I'm one of those strange 
people who thinks a phone should be a phone; I don't have any desire to 
hold a PC up to my ear (or to have one of those Borg implants).  At the 
same time, laptops are not always the best solution.  So while I was 
looking for a Linux desktop machine to play with and at the same time 
trying to find a better traveling PC, I ran across the ASUS Eee PC, and 
I'm hooked.

The 7" screen is small, and the keyboard is a little cramped (though 
surprisingly usable thanks to very nice tactile feedback).  As a true 
PC, it's a lot better than a Blackberry and it's running a pretty 
standard Xandros Linux (tweaked for the solid-state drive), which means 
you can get most Debian packages (e.g., tn5250).

Joe


> Joe Pluta wrote:
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> > Would anybody be interested in a small, light secondary machine that 
> > runs a full Linux distro (complete with office and remote desktop) and 
> > can also run 5250 and Citrix, with Ethernet and WiFi built in, and that 
> > can be tethered to your mobile phone, for $350?  It's only got 512MB and 
> > a 4GB solid-state drive, but you can add disk space using SDHC cards.  
> > In fact, you can boot alternate OSes by using different SDHC cards.
> >     
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> Specs?
>
> Not that I'm specifically interested, but detail specs always help the 
> purchase decision.
>
> david
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