$200 Linux PCs On Sale At Wal-Mart 537
Placid sends in a Wired blog entry on Wal-Mart's new sub-$200 Linux-based PC. Wired calls it "a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux," and the AP identifies the distro as gOS, made by a small company in Los Angeles. Wal-Mart began selling Linux PCs in 2002 but they have been out of stock for a while. From the Wired blog: "It has a 1.5 Ghz VIA C7 CPU embedded in a Mini-ITX motherboard, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive. Normally, this would simply mark it as unacceptably low-end for use with modern software. By using the fast Enlightenment desktop manager (instead of heavier-duty alternatives like Gnome or KDE), the makers say it's more responsive than Vista is, even on more powerful computers."
"Modern" software? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh great! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:On the Contrary ... (Score:5, Funny)
More .... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, I've been thinking about a new machine for my parents for a while now, though this isn't much of an upgrade from what they currently have (though I'm sure it runs faster.) Then I saw this:
I think it's silly, because I'd rather have desk space, but I have to admit my first thought was, "That's what SHE said!"
Re:On the Contrary ... (Score:3, Funny)
And the default desktop looks very nice, a huge improvement over the Ubuntu design
Re:On the Contrary ... (Score:5, Funny)
It may have taken almost eight years, but at last the $billions spent have finally been justified.
Re:Oh great! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Only terrorists and hackers use Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Summary missed the most part: Case (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let's get some data (Score:3, Funny)
Stop crushing my dreame. (Score:3, Funny)