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Shuttle's $200 Linux PC Part of a Trend?

Posted by timothy on from the love-it-already dept.

eldavojohn writes "With $200 machines being all the rage these days, it's surprising that more coverage hasn't been given to Shuttle's KPC which is an Intel Celeron processor, a 945GC chipset, 512MB of memory and either a 60GB or 80GB HDD. With deals like these, will Linux become the dominant home operating system for the thrifty?"

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  1. And I though . . . by cashman73 · · Score: 4, Funny

    that NASA had actually put Linux on the Space Shuttle. Darn! What a disappointment! Figures, though. NASA could never spend as low as $200 on a computer; what, when they can gold-plate the sucker and buy a computer for $200 million?

  2. Re:512 Ram, 60GB HD... by tristian_was_here · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want a red one with a yellow hammer and sickle on the side.

  3. Re:A potential buisness model problem... by fwarren · · Score: 2, Funny
    Remember the MSN homepage is the internet.

    So as long as you change the icon from Firefox to IE and change the spinner to the blue E and make msn.com their home page. The only thing they will notice is that Google is now there search engine and it works better than ever for searching.

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    vi + /etc over regedit any day of the week.