You're welcome. I highly recommend that everyone read this article from the Beijing GNU/Linux User's Group that provides more background about Lemote, one of the companies that is selling Loongson computers. http://clubbeautiful.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:lemoteloongson-and-new-web-site-presentation&catid=4:archive&Itemid=7 They seem to have offered, at least to the Beijing GNU/Linux computer club, a computer to anyone who wishes to contribute to the Lemote application platform.
Again, the offerings from Lemote are... Fuloong Mini-PC http://www.lemote.com/en/products/mini-computer/2010/0310/111.html Yeeloong Notebook http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html Lynloong All-in-one PC http://www.lemote.com/en/products/all-in-one/2010/0311/122.html The other company that provides Loongson processors in ready-made computers and that is on the OpenBSD supported page at http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html is called Gdium S.A. and is located in Luxemburg. http://www.gdium.com/en/pages/startpage Gdium.com along with the Gdium Foundation [...] includes the ultra-portable, 10" notebook Gdium Liberty with its G-Key, a solution revolutionizing the idea of mobility... ultra-portable whose architecture makes it a terminal powered by a enhanced USB key, the G-Key... that contains both the operating system, the user data and the application software... can be used in any Gdium Liberty, and more, on any other computer. http://www.gdium.com/en/product/liberty1000 ... Gdium includes a 10-inch LCD screen with a 1024 x 600 resolution,.. will come with an ...expert mode for advanced users. ... equipped with an extended keyboard, whose dimension makes it comfortable to work long hours...weighs about 1,2kg. Full mobility, through WiFi connection. Integrated multimedia functions: Webcam, speakers, instant messaging, audio and video players. * LCD screen 10" * Resolution 1024 x 600 * Mandriva G-Linux * CPU 900 Mhz 64bits Loongson? 2F by STMicroelectronics * RAM 512MB DDR2 * Removable storage 16GB Flash G-Key * WIFI 802.11 b/g * 3 USB 2.0 ports (one used for the GKEY) * SD/ SD HC card reader * One VGA output * Sound card * Video card Silicon Motion SM502, 16 MB RAM * Ethernet RJ45 - 10/100Mbs LAN * Speakers / microphone * Webcam * Extended keyboard * Up to 4 hour autonomy * Dimensions 250 x 182 x 32mm (1.2kg) http://www.gdium.com/en/product/gkey G-Key, a Linux "bootable" USB key, that fires up the Gdium and stores all your personal information 100 % flexible, secured and personal: without hard drive, Gdium <R> is powered up when the G-Key is locked in. The G-Key contains the operating system, a Linu x distribution by Mandriva, G-Linux, the applications and the personal data. One Gdium, one G-Key. Each user owns its G-Key and may plug it in any Gdium. The user will then retrieve its personal environment, without leaving any traces on the foreign computer. Extensible storage capacity: 8 to 16GB Flash on the G-Key, up to 32GB using a SDHC card or another USB extension. [...] On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:19 PM, ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your conveniently gathered info. > > On 9 September 2011 20:43, Daniel Villarreal <yclwebmas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Here's an article on the licensing deal... > > http://www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=8267740 > > (brrr. *shudders*)
