Eee Box B202 works with LTSP 5

[Christopher Chan]

nigel barker wrote:
> 
> Christopher Chan wrote:
>> Cor! That thing looks really interesting. Hmm, too bad both these things 
>> come only with Windows XP. So much for XP being discontinued.
>>
>> Asus needs to grow a spine and offer Ubuntu also for their preloaded 
>> operating system. I am half worried about telling the ICT Leader about 
>> the Eee Box...I may never be able to convert the whole school over to 
>> Ubuntu if he decides he'd rather keep the blooming XP even if it means 
>> them boxes cannot join the domain.
>>
>> I'm going to try calling up the local Asus branch to see if I can get 
>> Ubuntu or no preloaded Windows XP Home. I certainly hope they don't 
>> offer XP Pro...
>>
>>   
> I find that none of the Linux models are available in Japan except for 
> the MSI wind box (but only the box) and the Dell Mini 9 netbook. Even 
> the Dell is very hard to locate on the web page. If you click Ubuntu, 
> you get an empty page. If you click notebooks, there is no Ubuntu mini 
> 9. To place an order last week, I had to go back through my history, 
> because I wasn't able to find the Ubuntu model anymore.
> I feel that MS has managed to strangle the emerging market for Linux 
> netbooks and boxes. Presumably the new windows will have a version for 
> netbooks, so they won't have to maintain XP for much longer.
> Freedom of choice still seems a long way off for PC consumers.
> 

I hope Microsoft takes a decade to sort out Windows 7 or whatever it 
will be called.

We need to buck this trend. If we can get it through to Asus that Asus 
could be the new Apple in schools if they offer Ubuntu (and therefore 
Edubuntu) then maybe we shall see Microsoft losing their grip on their 
'no volume discount' threats. If more and more Asus customers demand 
Ubuntu, it makes business sense for Asus to stand up to Microsoft. 
Hopefully we can also see more home users using Ubuntu...something needs 
to be done to transform the current PC desktop landscape.

Nigel, at least you managed to see something on Ubuntu on the Japan Dell 
site...you won't find any reference at all on the Hong Kong Dell site.

cheers,

Christopher