[clue-talk] small Linux-based laptop

[Dennis J Perkins]

I would like to see it.

On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 19:05 -0800, Brian Gibson wrote:
> The gPC (the $200 Walmart PC) has a shortcut to Gmail
> on its dock and has Thunderbird as an email client. 
> Because Firefox is integral to the OS, any other web
> email service is accessible as well.
> 
> http://www.thinkgos.com/
> 
> Links to vendors are on the homepage.  
> 
> If the purchase is not pressing, I plan on bringing my
> gOS box I built using a P2-333 to the installfest for
> people to play with.  It's no speed demon but still
> usable. 
> 
> Everex, the company behind the gPC, also has a
> notebook called the Zonbu and a mini-PC called the
> Zonbox
> 
> http://www.zonbu.com/
> 
> Pricing is tiered depending on whether or not you
> subscribe to their monthly support plan.  The mini-PC
> starts at $99 and the notebook starts at $279.
> 
> FYI this is NOT their gOS notebook.  This one runs a
> modified Gentoo with XFCE.
> 
> An interesting feature of the Zonbu machines is:
> 
> [From Wikipedia]
> The filesystem architecture combines a transparent
> overlay filesystem (pioneered by Linux Live
> Distributions) with an on-line continuous backup
> service to create a self-healing architecture. User
> data is locally cached on Compact Flash Card, then
> transparently encrypted with 128-bit encryption and
> transferred to remote storage servers on Amazon S3
> from where it's also accessible from any
> Internet-connected device.
> 
> I would love to know how to do that and wonder if it
> can be used in a similar way that roaming profiles are
> used in a Windows Active Directory, i.e. I log onto
> any of my boxes and I'm presented with the same
> desktop environment and files.  I wonder how
> concurrent access and synchronization would be
> handled.  Still the idea of having a centralized home
> directory is appealing.
> 
> --- Walter Hildebrandt <walterh9991 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > WalMart was selling a computer for about $200 that
> > had Linux on it.  It 
> > was a desktop computer.  It probably does E-Mail. 
> > 
> > dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
> > > I was looking for a small, inexpensive computer
> > for a cousin.  All she wants is email but I haven't
> > seen an email-only device in a long time.  I came
> > across this Asus computer, which sounds interesting.
> >  It's the Eee PC.  It runs Linux and has a
> > solid-state disk.  The screen is only 7 inches wide
> > and the keyboard isn't much larger.  Prices range
> > from $300-$500.
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209847,00.asp
> > >
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