From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 03:46:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4AA16A403 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:46:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160DA13C45A for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:46:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l3G3ljE7083947; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:47:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l3G3liL4083946; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:47:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:47:44 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Sergio Lenzi Message-ID: <20070416034744.GA83862@thought.org> References: <17949.54850.460169.717849@whale.home-net> <1568562575.20070413025045@ghirai.com> <17951.8134.821939.357082@whale.home-net> <1176662623.13267.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1176662623.13267.2.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: questions Subject: Re: The OX laptop... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:46:08 -0000 On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 03:43:43PM -0300, Sergio Lenzi wrote: > Here in my country is happening > the FISL http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/8.0/www/?q=en > > they finally show the $100 dollar laptop for children.. > the machine have 512mb of memory, more 512mb of flash rom, > resolution of about 1000x900 keyboard and mouse ..... > they have been in testing for some months now... the children > sure approve ... Red Hat has yet the operating system, and > expect a small footprint of "gnome" to run on the unit.http://www.escolabr.com/portal/uploads/img462041309c410.jpg.. > > The govern is expect to buy and distribute the machine > by the "milions" (about 3milion units/year)... only in Brazil > > May be I will have 2 in my hands next week.. > > With a market of about 8 milion units (in -3 years) of a machine > that does not runs windows.. I think it will run BSD (netbsd/freebsd) > have wireless sound and camera, small footprint, lightweight.... > > It is the dawn of an era of market where only open source software... > > Any educational program or "thing" that fits on that computer will > be bought by the govern in milion units... and of course will cost > much less than the "commercial" solution we have today... > > Comments pleaase???? I heard/read that these will be "networked" by transceiver going peer-to-peer. With a range of a few miles. The school or university would serve at the link with the Internet. Yes? If other, please explain. I think this kind of universally affordable and endlessly useful computer will give us countless thousands of wizards and other scholars who would be wedged in a hopeless situation. In a word:: Yes! gary > > take a look -> http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagem:OLPC-Drawing75c.png > > http://www.escolabr.com/portal/uploads/img462041309c410.jpg > > http://www.escolabr.com/portal/uploads/img46204318a876a.jpg > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix