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Re: babeldisc -- here's the first credible grannyx i've seen


From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:31:41 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Paul Vixie wrote:

C|Net said:

A new Linux distribution designed to be as user-friendly as possible went into
beta testing on Tuesday. 

BabelDisc, the brainchild of U.K. Internet pioneer and Pipex founder Peter
Dawe, is a lightweight Ubuntu-based distribution that runs only from a CD and
does not even require the host PC to have a hard drive, opting instead for
subscriber-based hosted storage. 

Dawe, speaking to ZDNet UK on Wednesday, said BabelDisc was suitable for a
variety of users, not least technophobes. "It is pretty much designed for
people's mothers

I see they aren't targetting grannies yet.


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