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


From: Paul Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:14:12 +0000

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--certain users want to switch it on and want it always to
look the same," he said, noting that many people are scared of computing
because unpredictability "undermines their confidence."

...

http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6177188.html
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