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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 Perhaps the MIT web site is out of date, but it lists the specs as 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.
