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AOL's new Linux PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seems-almost-inevitable dept.

minus_273 writes " MSNBC (of all places ) has an intersting article about AOLs new PC. We have already heard of Lindows , WALMART PC and there was speculation of AOL Red Hat. Well, it looks like this is what AOL decided to do. All 3 are mixed into one. AOL now has a beta 7.0 client that is distributed with Lindows along with AIM and Netscape. I wonder if this stuff will work on normal Linux without WINE."

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  1. Great... by Gorm+the+DBA · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just what we need...the number one leader in dumbing down the Internet coming out with a PC...

    It's going to be like that Dilbert Cartoon

    "All it has is one button, and we press it for you before it leaves the factory."

    "But what's the button do?"

    "Don't ask me all these techie questions"

    Except in this case, the punch line is likely "Submit your credit card numbers to the central server so that we can deduct money from you at will".

    So where do I sign?

  2. Dear AOL: misleading product name by GMontag · · Score: 5, Funny

    The proper name for this system is GNU/AOL.

    Please change it before the Hurd tramples you.

    --
    Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
  3. Computer Junk Mail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wait until it becomes cheap enough for AOL to ship you free computers. Imagine all the junk you'll have then!

  4. Good review, mostly by danger42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The KDE desktop looks and feels like Windows, with a few exceptions. You have to double-click an icon on the desktop to get it to open...

    Last time I checked, I had to double-click on the icons, too, and I am running Win2k.

    --
    -nd