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ORIGINAL: Asherdelampyr
no superuser?
WTF?!?!?

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1. Can you install Windows based programmes like Internet Explorer, Winamp, Firefox, Office on this laptop?
No. This laptop Operating System cannot handle these files. For software that will run on your laptop please visit the software section of this site.

2. Does the Bon Echo browser recognize and play Adobe Flash (.swf) files?
No. The browser does not support adobe flash files, since there is no Flash player available for this specific browser (yet).

3. Do Firefox Add-ons work on this browser?
No. The browser does not support these add-ons.

4. Can you install MSN / AIM / any kind of instant messaging software on the little linux laptop?
No. This laptop Operating System cannot handle these files. But it comes with Xchat pre-installed, a Pidgin based Instant Messaging program that supports a lot of Instant Messagers such as AIM, MSN, ICQ, Google Talks, etc. So no need to install another Instant Messenger

5. Can you install Office or Word, Excel, Outlook, etc on the little linux laptop?
No. This laptop Operating System cannot handle these install files. But the little linux laptop comes with comparable software pre-installed so you can read and write Word and Excel files, send E-mail via the pre-installed E-mail software and read PDF's and e-Books with pre-installed software.

6. Can you install other Operating Systems on the laptop, like Windows CE, XP, Vista, Mac OS X or Linux based OSes?
No. This laptop's Operating System is embedded and cannot be changed for now. Lunix hackers have been experimenting a lot with the little linux laptop and some of them have managed to get other Operating Systems on it, but they worked far from well. Until a reliable, bootable OS comes to surface, we'll just have to do it with this.

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Bon Echo Alpha 1 is a developer preview release of our next generation Firefox browser and it is being made available for testing purposes only. Bon Echo Alpha 1 is intended for web application developers and our testing community.

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ORIGINAL: sappatoti

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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra

I second Ashers suggestion. Go for Ubuntu. Easy to learn and use, and very friendly and helpful communities on the net.

The problem with Greedy's notebook is that it is using an embedded linux and cannot be easily replaced. Her little book doesn't even grant superuser privileges which makes even the more routine linux maintenance tasks near impossible.

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ORIGINAL: Shadow-tiger

Alright, for a bit of serious advice ... I really truly suggest not going with Ubuntu. Well scratch that, go ahead and get Ubuntu if it'll work on the little system. Just never ever let it update. Ubuntu has a history of occasionally not working after updates for some people. In ways that lead to the computer not working in some big important way. Looking at that faq page it looks like you'd need to get firefox to do anything with flash on web sites. Assuming you can even do that much. It's already sounding like a kettle of fish I wouldn't want to touch.

Much as I don't care for the windows approach, for a laptop it's still a better choice if you're not a linux geek. Seriously, find out if you can toss windows on that little thing. If not, get your money back and get one that does have windows. It's worth more in the long run. And this is from a geek who's run various flavors of linux on a desktop system, including ubuntu well over a year. Save yourself the headache Monkey.