Why can’t I located anything like this in the States? Oh that’s right, we are last to do most things with the hardware. First with software and last with hardware…

Opera reports that a version of its web browser will be used in a line of extremely inexpensive Linux-based set-top boxes that will be marketed directly to individuals in rural areas of China. The boxes will enable the Chinese government to deliver remote education programs to citizens who may not otherwise have access to education, Opera says.

The Opera browser will serve as a web brower on ZZvcom’s NDVB 9000-series, Opera says. It will also be used as a “presentation engine” for dynamic web applications written by ZZvcom in AJAX (asynchronous Javascript/XML) and other standard languages, Opera says…. Source: LinuxDevices.com

Tags: linux, china, remote education, rural