It could be a good solution for total non-geeks as it would be easy to=20
clean the card between  uses to help guard against the actions of=20
clueless people who might not know what not to click on.  I'm thinking=20
of my late 80's mother in law who wants to try simple browsing and email.

On 3/29/2012 5:14 PM, Peter Loron wrote:
>> From what I have read/seen, normal full Linux distros that have ARM
>> builds (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) run pretty well on there. At least as
>> of a couple months ago, there was no hardware acceleration driver
>> for X but it was being worked on. Once that is in place, the
>> desktop should be pretty usable, subject to the limited CPU and RAM
>> available.
>
> I think once a rev or two of the ARM distros have come out and the
> drivers get refined, it will make a very nice low-end box for email,
> light browsing, watching video, media fronted machine, etc.
>
> For most people, currently available computers have more power than
> they need.
>
> -Pete
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