• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I was the build engineer that assembled the OS for these things between 2008-2010. It was a Debian based Linux distro with a custom built desktop and other custom built software, and it my memory serves my right, it was using the IceWM window manager.

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      1 year ago

      That was my first real experience with Linux!

      My little brother bought one open box from Best Buy. Somehow it didn’t have keyboard or trackpad drivers? Not even external usb would work.

      Ended up putting Ubuntu on it for him I believe. Fun learning experience.

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        1 year ago

        LoL yeah, I had a couple. A 10" and a 7". I ended up putting Ubuntu on there as well with xfce. It was perfect for streaming and doing a few web tasks. The hardware was crap though.

        You could buy one with Windows XP back then but boy was it terrible.