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Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings
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."
It's not near as bad as the extremely weak Linspire one they had a while back.
Of all the major distributors of computers, Why does the one company that's reprehensible ethics absolutely requires complete abstinence from purchasing their products come out with Linux computers?
It hurts.
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Yeah, fuck Walmart. They are responsible for so much trouble in middle America. Now they are slowly approaching the big cities. Makes me sick, it does. I should defecate in random places in the store.
Walmart is an excellent company. They have single handedly kept the prices for basic products at affordable levels. The companies that they've run out of business were either inefficient or incompetent. One of the best things about Walmart is that they have gotten the upper hand on consumer products companies like Procter and Gamble that would slap "New and improved" on stuff like bottles of shampoo and raise the price 5% every year.
"Lack of technical competence coupled with the arrogance of power, as usual, leads to no good end."