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[Luis Flores <luiscamposflores@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ubuntu should be easy to install. The UI must be pleasant to use, and
perform reasonably well.

The AC100 is too memory constrained, anything that use less RAM will
be seen as a usability improvement from the user point of view.

We can have a nicer desktop or 4 open tabs on Firefox or Chromium, I'd
rather have more tabs ... Or be able to open another program.

AC100 status:
http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=UK&tab=3&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&PRODUCT_ID=1091301
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-AC100-10U-Netbook-nVidia-Android/dp/B003VYB2KO

Not produced, inventory still on sale.

But I understand and agree with having the biggest audience possible.
But, from my experience, the only way I can regularly use the AC100 is
to free as much RAM as I can, so that I can run useful software.

Also, pointing to the minimum seems like a technical only choice, it
is easy to order and choose the lightest, pointing at an medium class
desktop environment will lead us to much more debate, and opinions ...

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Roberto A. Foglietta
<roberto.foglietta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Anyone enough skilled could be able to switch the desktop environment after
> installation. For some users just installing it would be a great pain so I
> think it will be better starting with a most user-friendly environment,
> instead adding pain to pain.
>
> Consider that AC100 is piratically useless with original OS which is
> designed for tablets and not for netbooks with keyboard instead touchscreen.
> So many users need to replace their OS even if they would not be comfortable
> with this operation (most users do not change their OS even on PC for which
> is much more simpler).
>
> Obviously depend on the aim of the project if it is interesting to have a
> small/skilled user-base or a much broad user-base. The second of two
> hypotheses seems to me more reasonable otherwise it did not started with
> Ubuntu but something more harder to manage but much more lighter also in
> term of operative system.
>
> Moreover keeping the way of user-friendly approach increase (the small
> probability) that in the future Toshiba decide to deploy this OS instead
> android - AFAIK Toshiba did not discontinued the production of AC100 or did
> they?
>
>
> 2012/9/3 Luis Flores <luiscamposflores@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Well, anyone installing Ubuntu on an AC100 should be able to switch
>> desktop environment later, so, it's nice to start with the
>> minimal/fastest desktop ...
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Dr. Azrael Tod <launchpad.net@xxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM, hiro <23hiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> why not simply ship without a desktop?
>> >
>> > that wouldn't really appeal to newbies, wouldn't it?
>> >
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