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Hello Wayne - 

WC>>> "Point and Click Linux" is supposed to be good and
WC>>> available at Barnes and Noble for about 25 bucks for book
WC>>> and CD. 

WC>>> I think the release date was November 04 

->> People want a PlayStation experience where you put in the
->> CD, turn it on, it says "Loading ..." then you start
->> pushing buttons, crashing around, and blowing things up
->> until you're tired/bored then you just push the OFF button.
->> No waiting to shutdown etc. just OFF. :-) 

WC> Hey if I want to be lazy CNTRL-ALT-DEL does a controlled
WC> shutdown and switches the box off. The monitor stays in
WC> standby at 13 watts however. 

I can shut the power off to my W31 system and turn it back on
with no damage to the setup/OS. I don't know which of the many
tweaks I did to it made this possible but it's come in handy at
times. 

WC> Playstation 3 has already been hacked for IRC and other
WC> uses. Earlier Playstations had custom Linux written for
WC> them. 

It would have to have one-button pirating of MP3s and videos
plus storage for pr0n to be really attractive to newbies. 

WC> Then there's WebTV for the techno-impaired. 

I've never actually seen or used a WebTV system but an old
friend's mother has one and used to email me using it. She
likes it? 

WC> I need to search on "World's smallest server" again as the
WC> last time I looked it was matchbox size and truely easy to
WC> build on the cheap. Parts and instructions were on site as
WC> well as part suppliers. 

There are some URLs for those (there are several) at SlashDot. 

The least expensive would be the ones linked to at my website
that execute on an 8088. :-) 

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