[GRLUG] Pre-installed Linux on laptops

[Ben Rousch]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yowzer.  16GB and below have seen
> big price drops.  32GB haven't yet.
> But Puppy Linux is less than 100MB,
> perhaps compressed.  It does all the
> common things:  seamonkey browzer,
> scanning, e-mail.  One can sit in front
> of the TV and surf and send e-mail.
> Here again, it all depends on one's needs,
> but for me 32B would not be useful, and
> 160GB certainly not.
>      -- Bob

If you'd like something more full-featured than Puppy, you can squeeze
Ubuntu Karmic UNR onto 4GB, and be very comfortable with 8GB.

-- 
  Ben Rousch
  brousch at gmail.com
  http://ishmilok.blogspot.com/