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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. What's that in bogomips by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many bogomips are we talking here...

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    1. Re:What's that in bogomips by Josh+Booth · · Score: 5, Funny

      Imagine a beowulf cluster of $200 Wal-Mart PCs...

      Oh, I guess someone did.

  2. Walmart + Linux = ... by patio11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the Slashdot equivalent of strapping buttered toast to the back of a kitten and pushing it off a table. You could power a perpetual motion machine with the flames generated by this combo...

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  3. More /. Cognitive Dissonance by goldspider · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wal*Mart = Bad
    Linux = Good

    *whimper*

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  4. But, by bedwards09 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run Windows?

  5. Must resist.... by Itninja · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...urge to support the Wal Mart beast. But Linux is good right? But wait...Wal Mart is not good. Unless, they throw me a open-source bone. Then they're good right? Damn, I hate moral dilemmas. Why can't everything Wal Mart sells, just be something I either do not want or do not need? It's almost as if they are pandering to....hey look! They have for $1.99/dozen!

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  6. blazingly fast ... Enlightenment WM by localman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazing what a decade of hardware progress can do :)

  7. Re:Based upon the comments there ... none. by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 5, Funny

    man?

  8. Ha! by Comatose51 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew it! I knew Linux is going to sell out some day! I told you Linux is just as evil M$FT! Sold out to Walmart of all people.

    *RTFA*

    Oh. Good job, carry on.

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  9. Hah! I can image the tech support calls now by Scoldog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Customer - "Hi, I have a problem with my computer, it won't boot"

    Walmart - "What operating system do you have installed"

    Customer - "Windows Vista"

    Walmart - "I'm sorry, that PC shipped with Linux. You'll have to reinstall that before we can help you!".

    Next thing you know, they'll blame faulty hinges on Windows!

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  10. Re:Not to troll, but what do they expect for retur by oatworm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right after someone invents the mod "-1, can't spell douche"

    Thank you, thank you - I'm here every night. Be sure to tip your cocktail waitress.

  11. But I'm confused. by onefriedrice · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait... does this mean that we like Walmart now?

    Just wondering...

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    1. Re:But I'm confused. by hdparm · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh. Top that with Enlightenment (which is actually shipped on these) and you get easy distro for typical Wal-Mart buyer.

      Then, for the next shipment, you cut down on setup costs and provide the machine with Gentoo minimal CD bundled.

      ?

      Profit!

  12. Re:Not to troll, but what do they expect for retur by rucs_hack · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many AOL users even know what an OS is ??

    They know exactly what an OS is, it's the blue window that tells them they've got mail, duh..