Eee Box B202 works with LTSP 5

[nigel barker]

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.

nigel