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Xandros Linux desktop hits Walmart.com
Desktop Linux ^ | Dec. 03, 2004

Posted on 12/04/2004 7:55:35 PM PST by stainlessbanner

Linux software maker Xandros has joined the growing number of open source software offerings on PC desktops at Wal-Mart's online store. Like other PCs available from Wal-Mart, the Xandros-powered systems don't come with a monitor, and range in price from US $200 to $600.

The Xandros-powered PCs have 1.5 to 3 GHz AMD processors along with 128 to 256 MB of memory, CD-ROM or CD-RW-DVD-combo drives, 40 to 80 GB hard drives, and a comprehensive set of software based on Xandros Desktop Standard Edition v2.0.

In 2002, Wal-Mart introduced PCs with Linux preloaded from "white box" manufacturer Microtel. Walmart.com also sells the systems with desktop Linux software from Novell (SuSE), Lycoris, Lindows, and Linare. Linux market leader Red Hat rolled out Linux PCs early last year in Wal-Mart-backed Sam's Club member warehouses starting at US $300.

Last summer Xandros released a free download of its desktop Linux OS. The Xandros Open Circulation edition is freely available for download from the company's website.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: desktop; highquality; linux; lowqualitycrap; walmart; xandros
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1 posted on 12/04/2004 7:55:35 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Xandros is a nice Debian distro, would still like to see more Linux distro's make their way into stores.


2 posted on 12/04/2004 8:01:56 PM PST by Brian328i
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To: stainlessbanner

Gotta have an 'X' in the name, I tell ya! SUCCESS GUARANTEED.


3 posted on 12/04/2004 8:05:01 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: Brian328i
Xandros is a nice Debian distro, would still like to see more Linux distro's make their way into stores.

I've been able to find Gentoo, Redhat, Mandrake, Slackware, and Turbo Linux, not to mention assorted FreeBSD and OpenBSD distros at Fry's Electronics.

4 posted on 12/04/2004 8:09:18 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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To: stainlessbanner
Freys was selling an inexpensive computer loaded with Linux. The salesman said that it contained instructions for swapping out Windows.
5 posted on 12/04/2004 8:09:25 PM PST by bayourod (Bush said. "Let's see if I can say it as plainly as I can: I am for the intelligence bill.")
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To: stainlessbanner

man, I'm just looking for a reason to go Linux-- but I hear the learning curve is steep and I'm too short-winded as is.


6 posted on 12/04/2004 8:12:46 PM PST by fat city (Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
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To: Revolting cat!; aculeus; Happygal; general_re
Gotta have an 'X' in the name ...

Add palindrome, get world by the tail: Xanax.

7 posted on 12/04/2004 8:16:31 PM PST by dighton
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To: ShadowAce

Poing.


8 posted on 12/04/2004 8:16:35 PM PST by martin_fierro (brrrrrr)
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To: Prime Choice; stainlessbanner

We don't exactly have a Fry's here in Montana, and I've never heard of it before. The most I've seen in stores here is Red Hat or FC

Linux isnt that hard to learn, although if you really want to learn linux, Slackware is a good to actually learn linux instead of use it.


9 posted on 12/04/2004 8:16:38 PM PST by Brian328i
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To: Revolting cat!

You mean like in Pony eXpress?


10 posted on 12/04/2004 8:19:35 PM PST by kylaka
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To: fat city; Prime Choice

If you want most of the advantages of Linux, a shallower learning curve and the ability to still use Office, the Macintosh is a better deal than Linux. Unless you either need to save every penny you can, or if you want to plunge into the guts of an operating system, you're better off with Apple.

A few months back, I needed a cheap Linux computer and wanted to give Wal*Mart a chance at my business, since I was pleased that they, a mass-market retailer, had introduced Linux computers. Turns out they did and they didn't; you can't buy the computers at stores. This was a great disappointment to me because I needed a computer immediately. I wound up going with Frys' Linux computer, which was actually pretty darn good for $178.

D


11 posted on 12/04/2004 8:21:27 PM PST by daviddennis (;)
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To: kylaka
You mean like in Pony eXpress?

No, like in Jesus X. Christ.

12 posted on 12/04/2004 8:22:42 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: dighton

St. Francis Xavier might disagree! ;-)


13 posted on 12/04/2004 8:23:59 PM PST by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: stainlessbanner
Having tried Linux various times as an experiment, I never stayed with any of the installs because there did not seem to be any good web site production software similar to Macromedia Dreamweaver for the PC.

This was very surprising to me since Unix (and later derivatives like Linux) were/are so closely associated with the development of the Internet.

Can any Linux users that can recommend a sophisticated html production product for Linux that offers similar features to Dreamweaver?
14 posted on 12/04/2004 8:24:11 PM PST by RHS in Fairfield
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To: Happygal
St. Francis Xavier might disagree! ;-)

He might, being unpalidromatic. Any chance of rebranding as Xavax?

;-)

15 posted on 12/04/2004 8:27:13 PM PST by dighton
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To: RHS in Fairfield

vi works for me.


16 posted on 12/04/2004 8:31:21 PM PST by MTOrlando
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To: dighton

Xavax?

Isn't that the penile enhancement drug they keep spamming me with? *LOL*

Not sure St. FX would be impressed. Me being a good Catholic girl, and all! *L*


17 posted on 12/04/2004 8:41:36 PM PST by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: fat city

If most of what you do is MS Office related activities, web browsing and email, then Linux would be pretty easy for you. If you play computer games, then stick with Windows.


18 posted on 12/04/2004 8:54:55 PM PST by xrp (Executing assigned posting duties flawlessly -- ZERO mistakes)
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To: Happygal
Me being a good Catholic girl, and all! *L*

Heaven forbid I should meet a bad one!

;-)

19 posted on 12/04/2004 8:57:06 PM PST by dighton
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To: daviddennis
Macintosh is a better deal than Linux.

To each their own. Macs are just too expensive for my tastes. For the cost of one Mac, I can easily buy three or four comparable speed x86 systems.

Me, I use Linux as both workstations and servers. If I want a BSD-based server, I'd sooner go with OpenBSD than the FreeBSD-based MacOS.

20 posted on 12/04/2004 8:57:42 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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