[Info-vax] OT: For Mr VAXman: Microsoft racist gaffe !

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In article <t%vlm.14280$ze1.12959 at news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Tim E. Sneddon" <tim.sneddon at bigpond.com> writes:
>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <slrnh9cq9u.u38.BRAD at rabbit.turquoisewitch.com>, BRAD at rabbit.turquoisewitch.com () writes:
>>> In article <00441a0f$0$22429$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei wrote:
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8221896.stm
>>>>
>>>> Basically, Microsoft had an ad featuring 3 people, one of them with
>>>> black skin, but in Poland, they photoshopped the black head and put in a
>>>> white person's head, (but forgot to change the black skinned hands !).
>>>>
>>>> Since Mr Vaxman's opinion of Microsoft is well known, I figured he would
>>>> get a smile out of this Microsoft gaffe.
>>> And what about the laptop on the desk in the photo; awfully white, isn't it? 
>>> One can imagine that it's really an iBook, with the Apple logo Photoshopped
>>> out.
>> 
>> Judging by the look of ports on its left, I'd conclude that it *IS* a Mac.
>> However, Macs will run WEENDOZE but why the fuck anyone would is beyond my
>> powers of human comprehension.
>> 
>> I took notice yesterday while out and about that there are some of these
>> small NetBooks now being sold with Linux!  The ASUS Eee PC was one I saw
>> in my travels.  I liked it too as there was no evil M$ WEENDOZE swastika
>> on its keyboard. :)  The small floor sample was only a mockup.  I wasn't
>> able to discern which distribution of Linux was installed.  
>
>I've seen those around too.  They are quite reasonably priced.  According
>to Wikipedia the distribution is Xandros.
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Software

I wonder how easy it would be to get other Distros to install and boot
on one of those.  I didn't see a CD/DVD on the one I saw on the shelf,
to an external CD/DVD or a USB thumbdrive would be needed to get some
other distro loaded.  I can't afford to lay out $200 just for a toy to
check it out though.

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