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Hi Everyone On 10 Jan 2009, at 19:45, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/1/10 Brown Richard <cregyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> No I don't know much about this product. The os doesn't seem to play >> youtube (something teenage girls want) and of course msn. Would you >> suggest loading xubuntu or something different or is it possible to >> get flash playing etc. >> > > No and no. Not easily anyway. These devices are built around a > "MIPS-like" CPU which (being non-x86) there is no flash for. You could > potentially port apps over from another machine by cross compiling but > as I understand it there are some quirks about the CPU which make it > almost a MIPS but not quite. > > Nice thing to play with (for a geek) but not (IMO) something that your > average teenager would want. > > Of course if your average teenager were educated in the ways of open > standards etc that might change :) > > Cheers, > Al. Thanks for all the feedback. Anyone want to buy one. I'll suggest flogging them and trying to buy a laptop to share... Rich -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html