LWN: Comments on "IBM Japan to install Linux desktop on recycled PCs"

Knoppix/Japanese?

s.carugo — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:38:31 +0000

Can you provide more info about the WinDOM chip, please ?
Thank you !

Silverio Carugo
s.carugo@didasca.it

Knoppix/Japanese?

emsys — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 19:05:39 +0000

Installing Linux on old PC might be a big hassle. Especially, there are so many distribution out there and which is the better one?

Why not use WinDOM, a truly plug & play chip that take less than 5 minutes to setup and your old PC can actually run operating system like Window XP, 2000 or .NET server.

I think for school, business or government it is perfect solution to maximize surplus old PC and minimize environmental pollution.

Knoppix/Japanese?

AnswerGuy — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:42:50 +0000

It seems that they might be best off simply automating a Knoppix hard disk installation script. There is a Japanese version of Knoppix, so the hard parts have already been done.

8000 yen per system !?!

That seems a bit steep for such a simple operation. Oh well, they have to make their money somehow I suppose.