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Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings

Posted by timothy on from the cheap-at-the-price dept.

startleman writes "A story on Tom's Hardware reports that Walmart apparently will offer a Linare-equipped notebook below the $500 mark. Manufacturer Linare said that it will bring a Linux-based device to the retailer 'within the next few days.' Specs include an AMD Athlon 1800+, a 40 GByte harddrive, 128 MByte memory, a CD-ROM drive, an Ethernet port and the firm's Linare OS as well as Open Office."

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  1. They already offer a $550 notebook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Balance 14.1" Laptop, 1.1 GHz AMD Athlon 4

    Remove windows and you got your self a sub $500.

    1. Re:They already offer a $550 notebook by bsharitt · · Score: 3, Informative

      I don't see the option to let me remove Windows to get my sub-$500 notebook.

  2. No USB ports? by Doppler00 · · Score: 3, Informative

    1 x IEEE 1394 port, 1 x PCMCIA Slot (TypeII) , 1 x LAN Jack (RJ-45) , 1 x Headphone /Speaker-out, 1 x MIC-in
    1 x External VGA port, 1 x Modem Jack (RJ-11), 1 x Built-in MIC

    Did they forget to list it, or do they really think a notebook without a USB port would actually sell?

  3. colleges... by MadAnthony02 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work for a college's tech services department. We require Windows users to run a CD that includes Symantec AV and Checkpoint VPN software to log into the network.

    Right now, for Mac and Linux users (as well as people with networked XBoxes, Playstations, ect), they just give us their IP and MAC addreses and we unblock their MAC address.

    Our network security guys are for the most part unix geeks. They work pretty closely with the Linux community here, speaking at LUG's, ect. I would think many other schools would be the same way

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