Salute, being that you're a member of the armed forces :-) Vietnam
combat veteran myself :-))
On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 10:41 -0800, John Wendel wrote:
taharka wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 13:16 -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote:
>
>>On 2/1/06, taharka <res00vl8(a)alltel.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Red Hat commits to MIT's $100 laptop
>>>
>>>It also wants open-source developers to help slim down Fedora Core as
>>>part of the effort
>>
>>unbuntu fits into roughly 1.6GB disk space.
>>redhat 9 fit into 1.57GB disk space
>>
>>so ... Whats the real issue here?
>>
>
> My guess, after reading the article, is this: "To keep costs down and
> make it more durable, the laptop will eschew a hard drive in favor of
> 1GB of flash memory, on which the operating system, other software and
> all local data must be stored."
>
>>I mean hell ... A "feature" complete FC5T2 fits into 4GB diskpace on my
PPC.
>>--
>
> See above ;-)
>
>>WC -Sx- Jones |
http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
>>
>
> taharka
>
> Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
>
Perhaps the MIT web site is out of date, but it lists the specs as
500 MHz processor
128 MB dram
500 MB of flash
Maybe. Looks like the only spec that's off is the CF.
Looks like the specs for a PDA.
Don't let those specs fool ya though. My present hardware firewall,
"m0n0wall" (FreeBSD based) runs on a 32MB CF card & rivals commercial
enterprise class firewall appliances costing thousands of dollars. This
m0n0wall box a 160 MHz processor & 128 MB RAM.
Regards,
John
Regards to you also,
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.