[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: Maemo on the 100-dollar laptop

[From: Ross Burton]

On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 16:35 +0000, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> > Hey guys!
> > why not suggesting MIT from trying Maemo on the
> > 100-dollar laptop project?
> > I guess the 770 and the 100-dollar laptop share
> > similar functionality, don´t you think?
> 
> Don't think so since the 100Dollar laptop features a complete linux
> and I don't think Maemo is ready for desktop use.
> However you can suggest it if you think its a good idea.

The $100-laptop uses Red Hat Linux, and using Maemo would be silly: the
$100-laptop doesn't have a stylus, has a mouse, has a keyboard, has a
large screen... so doesn't fit the design goals of Maemo.

Ross
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