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Wal-Mart's $200 Linux PC Sells Out

Posted by kdawson on from the ok-there's-a-market-for-it dept.

hankmt writes "About a week ago Wal-Mart began selling a $200 Linux machine running on a 1.5 ghz VIA C7 processor and 512 MB of RAM. While the specs are useless for Vista, it works blazingly fast on Ubuntu with the Enlightenment Window Manager. The machine is now officially sold out of their online warehouses (it may still be available in some stores). And the product sales page at wal-mart.com is full of glowing reviews from new and old Linux users alike."

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  1. Re:Walmart + Linux = ... by explosivejared · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What about soaking a kitty in gasoline, lighting it on fire, and then letting it free in a field of daisies. Now there are some real flames(literally).

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  2. Re:lol dollars by dedazo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Please don't pay attention to this guy. He's a well-known troll who's main account is in deserved karma hell right now, so he uses a sockpuppet to continue to game the system.

    Most people who advocate free software are not like this, in my experience.

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  3. Re:Wal-Mart is really trying to make Linux sell by Web+Goddess · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Awww how sweet, breaking your mis-mod.