Here is another option for a cheap laptop. I don't believe it fits your 12" screen requirement, but perhaps someone else is interested in it. I have been contemplating purchasing one. Perfect for the kids... and of course I would like to get my hands on one. It is also a cheap way to help out kids in some of the "underdeveloped" regions of the world. http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/explore.php John On Jan 14, 2008 10:54 PM, Jack Ungerleider <jack at jacku.com> wrote: > On Monday 14 January 2008 11:58 am, Mike Miller wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Brian Wall wrote: > > > On Jan 14, 2008 10:43 AM, J Cruit <j at packetgod.com> wrote: > > >> I did buy a Zonbu desktop a month or so ago, its small cute and > quiet. > > >> But I can only say that I like the hardware as I wiped the system and > > >> am using it as my Myth Frontend box. Which it seems to be capable > > >> enough of, although sometimes it takes a few seconds to switch menus. > > > > > > Before you wiped it, did you happen to see which distro was installed > on > > > it? > > > > I was trying to figure out what the Zonbu scheme was about, but their > web > > pages weren't very well organized. It looks like I was getting my best > > information from the news articles linked from the Zonbu "reviews" page: > > > > http://www.zonbu.com/why_zonbu/reviews.htm > > > > According to the NY Times article, the distro is Gentoo: > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/technology/16cheap.html > > > > The Zonbu PC also uses a Gentoo version of the Linux operating > system > > and will come with a range of software applications like the Mozilla > > Firefox browser, Skype voice-over-Internet service, OpenOffice > software > > suite and many games. > > > > I don't know that it's always Gentoo, but I would guess that makes it > > easier for Zonbu folks to maintain the boxes. > > > > Mike > > For those looking for more info on Zonbu there is a review of the Zonbu PC > in > the February 2008 issue of Linux Journal. > > -- > Jack Ungerleider > jack at jacku.com > http://www.jacku.com > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080115/141e8d38/attachment.htm