[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia on a cheap computer (was Re: Wikipedia v. Britannica)

Arvind Narayanan arvindn at meenakshi.iitm.ernet.in
Wed Aug 20 07:09:11 UTC 2003


> Erik Moeller wrote:
> 
> > With some crack Linux hackers we should be able to  
> > whip up something that runs on a 486 (using a miniature Linux distro
> > for  embedded devices and a very lean webbrowser like Dillo).
I have a related suggestion: how about trying to get a regular
linux distro to bundle wikipedia 1.0? It would be particularly
attractive in third world counties. Also this requires no extra
work like getting it to render properly on Dillo etc.

Arvind
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Its all GNU to me



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