On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves
wrote:
> And nothing OT about discussing the needs of the elderly in computing.
This thread is about how Linux makes using PCs easier for older
people. So I guess it just fits in. Not technical, though. But we're
all Linux users here, and I thou
On Saturday 14 Nov 2009 10:50:01 am Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> > nothing to beat MSI WIND netbook which comes with opensuse - everything
> > works out of the box, and a huge number of applications are there. costs
> > 17K.
>
> The Acer is lighter
Hello,
This is probably getting OT. However, ...
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> nothing to beat MSI WIND netbook which comes with opensuse - everything works
> out of the box, and a huge number of applications are there. costs 17K.
The Acer is _lighter_ which may may a differen
On Saturday 14 Nov 2009 9:37:33 am Arun Khan wrote:
> > So Mint is the base, and Eldy runs on top of it. I'm hoping some
> > vendor in India creates Linux-only PCs like Emperor Linux, System76,
> > etc..
>
> FWIW, indeed there are some vendors who are doing it. Lately, I have
> seen Acer laptops
On Friday 13 Nov 2009, Salvadesswaran P.S. wrote:
> So Mint is the base, and Eldy runs on top of it. I'm hoping some
> vendor in India creates Linux-only PCs like Emperor Linux, System76,
> etc..
FWIW, indeed there are some vendors who are doing it. Lately, I have
seen Acer laptops being advert
Dear all,
I just stumbled on an interesting bit of news at the BBC site here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8352606.stm
The new PC designed specifically for older people, who're using
computers for the first time. And guess what, it runs on Linux.
The page at http://www.discount-age.co.
