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Fry's Electronics - Selling Linux... Or Not?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 10, 2003 @04:02AM from the stuff-to-read dept.

TheMadPenguin writes "For those of you who may not be aware, Fry's Electronics has been selling a Linux desktop PC loaded with ThizLinux for quite a while now. The question is, are they really selling it? The answer is a definitive no."

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Re:Fry's vs. The Rest Of The World by NineNine · 2003-08-10 04:18 · Score: 5, Insightful

Hang on for a sec... these kids are probably paid $8/hour, and you expect them to be knowlegeable on something as obscure and complicated as Linux? You're living with you head in the sand, buddy.
the new mindset by redJag · 2003-08-10 04:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

Well maybe this isn't new as I'm fairly new to the Linux scene, but why does everyone seem to think Linux is ready for the average consumer? I don't have a problem with selling Linux computers, but you can NOT expect them to sell well. Seriously, the average person is the root of the tech jokes about the "any" key and the white-out on the monitor. Linux is becoming very nice, sophisticated, etc. but it just is not there yet.