| The Reincarnation of an Obsolete Laptop |
| Written by Hank Green | ||
| Saturday, 05 August 2006 | ||
 There's a lot of discussion about the $100 laptop these days. I hate
to be a party pooper, but I'll sell you any number of laptops for
$100. No, they won't be multi-colored or extra-durable or have hand
cranks and I can't guarantee that the battery will function, but the
garages and store-rooms of America are littered with laptops that have
double digit price tags. The question is, what do we do with them?
Howard Fosdick has some ideas. His article at Desktop Linux "Reincarnating
a discarded laptop with Linux," gives a step by step guide to creating
your own $100 laptop. It does everything a computer should, though
it'll be low on power and you'll be hard up to find a way to connect to
a high-speed internet. But, largely, old laptops can be very useful.
And, if you're using Free Open Source Software, all it takes is time.
And with new laptop versions of Linux and Fosdick's guide, it doesn't
even need to take very much time.
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Use Puppy Linux
written by a guest , August 08, 2006
It seems cheap
written by annie , February 12, 2008
It seems cheap, but how long can it be used
Lenovo Laptops
written by Kell Maria , June 13, 2008
Yes Dear really i am agree with you.The some linux software makes such a problem that you can't work properly on your system..
Please reply me for this
written by Kell Maria , June 13, 2008
But i have some variety of laptops you can choose them..Lenovo LaptopsLenovo Laptops - Buy Cheap Lenovo Laptops at Retails Direct with low rate price. Which offers latest technology & best price on Lenovo Laptops?
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Puppy is also probably the easist Linux to use, not counting paid for versions like Linspire and Suse, but you cant install them on a low spec computer.
The main problem with any Linux distro is getting the modem to work, dialup can be very tricky (although my current SmartLink modem worked first time), broadband is usually easy. For dialup buy a external usb modem.
http://www.puppylinux.org/
Rob.