Have you tried xubuntu? It uses XFCE.

Apple is responsible for the products it supplies. It is up to Apple to seek damages from Nvidia, not the consumers.

If you can't see how useful a commodity, tiny form factor computer (with great connectivity) that costs throw away money is then I really pity you.

Are you trying to be deliberately dim? The section removed only contains the registers to control the gfx chip as there are restrictions on their release, everything else is there. Hardly very restrictive.

They have provided the spec sheet for the RPi SoC, it just has the gfx chip section removed (see the RPi blog). So hardly very different to the chip on the board you just wrote about.

Anyone who can't think of a use for these boards is lacking a serious amount of imagination.

1) Educational tool
2) Media center
3) Robotics controller (CNC tools, experimental robots)
4) Homebrew NAS
5) Cheap linux box
6) Point of sale machines
7) Disposable computer for test industries

and that was 1 minutes thought.

So many uses it's stupid...and the reason it is so damn useful is that it will be have good support and it is so damn cheap for the power you get.

Actually if you have ever ordered from Farnell and RS, you'll find that the shipping charge is about typical, especially for orders that require airfreight. Our company has accounts with both of them.

Wow, so bitter...did they bugger up a business plan of yours Mr AC?

Re item 1) the tax is on individual components in the EU, but apparently excludes assembled PCBs. Hence (ignore also higher labour rates etc) it is more expensive to assemble the RPIs in the EU then get them made in china and shipped back. They spelled this out clearly on the blog. Its a stupid situation and one they have taken up with the UK minister for business.

Well the solution is rather obvious, just keep turning it on and off again. You don't need to travel in one jump. No build up, no problem.