Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

New Web-Based Netbook From Litl — Based On Clutter, Uncluttered

Posted by timothy on from the looks-nifty-will-it-ship? dept.

cananian writes "The webbook company of Gnome's own Havoc Pennington (with a healthy dose of ex-Nokia and ex-OLPC engineers) finally shed its secrecy today, with a new web site and an article in the WSJ. Technical specs on the hardware were found by Engadget last week, and now comes a bit more information on the software behind the UI. Most of the client software is written in JavaScript with GTK/Clutter bindings, and the UI has some superficial similarities to Pentagram's designs for OLPC's Sugar."

6 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. let me be the first by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let me be the first to say that this thing's gonna be huge!

    --
    This guy's the limit!
    1. Re:let me be the first by grcumb · · Score: 4, Funny

      Let me be the first to say that this thing's gonna be huge!

      Really? Why?

      It looks like a regular Atom netbook... Why pay $700.00USD when you can get a netbook with similar specs for half that price...

      Dude, it's a joke.

      Litl is going to be huge. Get it? Little? Huge! Ha. Haha.

      Heh....

      ...Okay, you're right. I totally get why you missed that.

      That wasn't so much 'whoosh' as 'wha-atever'.

      --
      Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
  2. Why this won't fail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This product will be awesome for one simple reason:

    The founder is named Havoc Pennington

    Seriously! That's a Bad-assed name. That's like halfway from what you might expect Duke Nukem to name his dog or child.

    I'll buy one, just so I can claim I have a Havoc machine.

  3. Re:$700? by CannonballHead · · Score: 3, Funny

    Normal netbooks can't get propped up like easels. Duh! $350 netbook hinges!

  4. Netbook? by serviscope_minor · · Score: 2, Funny

    With that weight, it's more of a netbrick than a netbook.

    --
    SJW n. One who posts facts.
  5. As light as... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    From the official site (http://litl.com/versatile/every-room-in-the-house.htm):

    First of all, it’s light—as light as 3 pounds of feathers

    Wow, and that's how much pounds of plastic?