Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} laptops for a developing country (Vanuatu)

[Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com>]

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On Saturday 27 April 2013 07:06:41 AM IST, Grant wrote:
>>> My wife and I recently visited Vanuatu (island of Santo) and fell in
>>> love with it.  We got to know some locals pretty well and everybody is
>>> pining for laptops.  Internet service is becoming widely available due
>>> to Digicel and TVL cell phone signals but I didn't meet anyone with a
>>> real smartphone.  I promised to return with laptops and I'd like to
>>> make good on that.  Which ultra low-cost but functional laptops or
>>> netbooks would you choose for this?  I'm looking into OLPC but I'm not
>>> sure how that works.
>>>
>>> - Grant
>>>
>>
>> I heard Chromebooks are cheap, but I don't know what's their exact cost /
>> feasibility / etc.
>
> I think the problem there is a Chromebook needs to be online in order
> to do much of anything, and the connection needs to be fast in order
> to make them very functional.  Plus most people are paying by the MB
> in Vanuatu and a Chromebook must use a fair amount of data even on a
> fast connection.
>
> - Grant
>

Well, any Chromebook can run a normal Linux distro. The chromebook team 
has put up a chroot helper on their github.


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