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Re: [News] Children in Portugal and Venezuela to Receive GNU/Linux (Dual Boot) PCs

After takin' a swig o' grog, Lusotec belched out
  this bit o' wisdom:

> The URL below is from the official Portuguese government site for the
> e-escolinha project.
>
> "O computador tem configuração Dual Boot (Linux Caixa Mágica e Windows XP)."
> http://www.eescolinha.gov.pt/portal/server.pt/community/e-escolinha/200/equipamento
>
> Translation to English:
> "The computer is dual boot configured (Linux Caixa Mágica e Windows XP)."
>
> The cost varies from free to 20 and 50 euros depending on the economic level
> of the children's family. An optional 3G Internet access is also
> subsidized.
>
> The kids love the Magalhaes laptops. The small weight and size along with a
> softer keyboards are much appreciated by the children. It also comes with
> lots of pre-installed educational software.
>

Cute computers!  Better color scheme than the XO.  Looks like you can't
swivel the screen into an e-book mode, though.  Hard-drive, too, but plenty
of RAM.

Nice to see it!

-- 
Even bytes get lonely for a little bit.

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