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Got Slimmer?
I think they do.

Everybody, all together:

"Linux isn't the OS, it's the kernel!"

The guy talks like there's only one, monolithic entity called "Linux." Not true.

There are Linux distros that fit on a stinkin' thumb drive, Bub. Get a clue.

(N.B. I still say they ought to forget the laptop and purchase $100 worth of BOOKS per child).
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I agree with Slim Linux  nucrash | 04/04/06
RE: I agree with Slim Linux  richdave | 04/04/06
GEOS Was 14K Not 10Mb  Edward Meyers | 04/04/06
G.E.O.S.  nomorems | 04/04/06
Buwahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/04/06
Ya, The good old days!!!! Yeeehaaa!  Cayble | 04/04/06
You are right, I think we have definitely outsmarted ourselves.  DonnieBoy | 04/04/06
Why can't I get a low power arm based laptop?  DonnieBoy | 04/04/06
Negroponte: Slimmer Linux needed for $100 laptop  Loverock Davidson | 04/04/06
Which?  bill@... | 04/04/06
BUWAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 04/04/06
What about XP Embedded....  Scrat | 04/04/06
Someone just got SPANKED!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/04/06
yeah and someone just showed their ignorance....again (nt)  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
Is it fully functional?  voska | 04/04/06
Define "Fully Functional"  Scrat | 04/05/06
Read "FULLY FUNCTIONAL"  bill@... | 04/05/06
BartPE is a small XP distro.  stevey_d | 04/04/06
Well, if you remove all the free stuff  John Zern | 04/04/06
Love*ock, everything IT would come as a surprise to you. NT  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
No, what is bloated is KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice.  DonnieBoy | 04/04/06
Good Point.  John Zern | 04/04/06
XFce  waltmaine | 04/05/06
FLWM for the thinnest of installs  Sabz5150 | 04/06/06
Global Government or Dicator Needed now!  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
Not a replacement for food  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
When the resources run dry  D-cat | 04/08/06
Got Slimmer?  bill@... | 04/04/06
Spend $100 on Bible's for them...  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
That will really help  csa0307 | 04/04/06
The bible would be a great help  bportlock | 04/04/06
Lets see here.....  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
All because of a lack of education  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
Fiction  b.d.hi | 04/04/06
To SouthernPride. I believe in god  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/09/06
Hey...  nomorems | 04/04/06
This is not a religious issue.  osreinstall | 04/04/06
Your right!  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
Go bother someone who cares  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
Yeah those who's grip of life is slipping away want to  Laff | 04/05/06
Riiiiight!  osreinstall | 04/05/06
And one would hope  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
I'm a Christian too...  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
True, but...  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
Well  Linux Advocate | 04/05/06
No buts about it  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
Oh I am going to ENJOY this  Shelendrea | 04/05/06
If it's one of those hard covered ones it could be a fairly effective club.  Laff | 04/05/06
i agree  nielsonp | 04/06/06
I disagree  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Put the bible on the laptop.....  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/09/06
Uh Huh  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
Well my lady that is a simple answer!  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
I think you mean THERE is a simple answer...  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
Good Question  voska | 04/04/06
Ummm religion is probably one of the largest  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
I don't think religion is the source  voska | 04/04/06
Well said  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
Faith is fine...Organized religion is DANGEROUS!  Laff | 04/04/06
Religion does not equal Christ  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
Just let the people decide for themselves give them  Laff | 04/05/06
I agree  voska | 04/05/06
Religion doesn't even come into it  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
Constantine  cirdon | 05/24/06
Ummm you go somewhere else.  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
Sorry but you are not  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
Oops  rapson | 04/05/06
Just because someone says something is so does not make it so.  Laff | 04/04/06
Reminds me of saying  voska | 04/05/06
With the laptop  John Zern | 04/04/06
or  tombalablomba | 04/05/06
Yeah I think we should get them a Koran instead...  Laff | 04/04/06
God does not NEED you he WANTS you  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
"Before it's too late" Oh the carrot and the stick.  Laff | 04/05/06
You obviously don't understand either  voska | 04/05/06
I kind of wonder if God had simply left Caine and Able alone  Laff | 04/05/06
Make you wonder  voska | 04/05/06
The things that disturbes me is "IF" you take the Bible  Laff | 04/05/06
Then there are those burning bushes  voska | 04/05/06
Heh heh heh...Burning Bushes..:) Oh we are not talking about the president  Laff | 04/05/06
Next to the land of  Linux Advocate | 04/05/06
Faith and science are two separate things  zmud | 04/05/06
The one about Caine and Abel is a story  zmud | 04/05/06
So who is to know which is litterale and which is not?  Laff | 04/05/06
And that is the reason there are so many sects of christianity  zmud | 04/05/06
Strange is it not......  Laff | 04/05/06
But Laff  zmud | 04/05/06
Zmud are you saying everyone is right!?!  Laff | 04/05/06
I'm not saying everyone is right  zmud | 04/05/06
Fair and "reasonable" enough for me.....  Laff | 04/05/06
Eden doesn't equal Earth  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
So there are other Gods? There are other forces besides  Laff | 04/05/06
Yep  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Only One  hawkeyeaz1 | 04/05/06
More than one  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Isn't there a part in the Bible that refers to God saying....  Laff | 04/06/06
Message has been deleted.  hawkeyeaz1 | 04/05/06
Message has been deleted.  Laff | 04/05/06
Nope!  Linux Advocate | 04/05/06
ROFLMAO!  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
get over it.  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/09/06
You're right  DemonX | 04/05/06
Perhaps....Like I said a drowning or dying man will naturally  Laff | 04/06/06
There are plenty of ministries out there for that  zmud | 04/05/06
Helping  nhac | 04/05/06
Ohhhhh! that's how this Eden BS got started...  el1jones | 04/06/06
I don't mean to totally disagree, but  D-cat | 04/07/06
I totally agree  cirdon | 05/24/06
It's no fun using the laptop...I can't see the display in the African sun..  LinuxEliminator | 04/04/06
yeah i'll donate  csa0307 | 04/04/06
kernel or package?  CobraA1 | 04/04/06
Hey, don't drop the hand crank  Chad_z | 04/04/06
Well then it's a good thing that you don't have to use it huh?  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
Its physics  The_Q | 04/05/06
For one you are wrong....  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
Linux's problem is that it's open source, anyone can be sloppy...  HypnoToad | 04/04/06
No sense  waltmaine | 04/05/06
New (educated)users for the 21st century ...  herrwitt | 04/05/06
I see computers teaching children to read all the time  zmud | 04/05/06
A child with a quick learning and grasping mind will  Laff | 04/05/06
Totally disagree  waltmaine | 04/05/06
It's time to stop bashing the program  zmud | 04/05/06
I know the oppresive governments would love this program.  Mr. Roboto | 04/05/06
Fact  Anti_Zealot | 04/06/06
werd.  nhac | 04/05/06
I cannot believe the xenophobia expressed.  jimroar2000 | 04/05/06
Unfortunately that will never happen  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
Hey Brother!  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/06/06
trying to help  nhac | 04/05/06
Linux is tiny; FUD's not FAT.  gafisher@... | 04/05/06
repeat of an earlier post. read at your own caution  Shelendrea | 04/05/06
When you write like this  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
chuckle chuckle  Shelendrea | 04/06/06
Reading and Understanding are 2 two different things  ih8emailspam | 04/06/06
Good for you  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/06/06
*sigh*  Shelendrea | 04/06/06
See you did it AGAIN!!! "Before it's too late" No gun to my head there eh  Laff | 04/07/06
1984  cirdon | 05/24/06
Amen, Elmer Gantry  osreinstall | 04/07/06
Bloody Christians  TonyMcS | 04/05/06
Gotta agree with the  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/06/06
ummmmmmm  Shelendrea | 04/06/06
Slim Windows XP  Xwindowsjunkie | 04/05/06
So $100 for the Laptop and more $$ To Microsoft?  DontFeedTrolls | 05/24/06
Copy of Windows 380MB  tmaharaj | 02/25/07
Good joke  TonyMcS | 04/05/06
infrastructure  nhac | 04/05/06
Yup  TonyMcS | 04/05/06
Learning about infrastructure  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Run DamnSmallLinux on flash memory  dhagey | 04/05/06
I feel this project is about politics and money  Coldplazma | 04/05/06
Now that's funny no matter who you are  Boot_Agnostic | 04/06/06
Socialism and Sales  svasutin | 05/04/06
Well...  Twey | 05/19/06

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