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Wal-Mart’s $200 PC - sold out ( 10,000 sold...running Linux Ubuntu )
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| November 13th, 2007
| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Posted on 11/13/2007 11:19:21 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: posterchild
And also amazing that solid state thumb drives now are 1GB and more.Microcenter sells 4GB USB flash drives for $30.
Mark
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posted on
11/14/2007 7:19:53 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Even at the low end, however, image is everything. The gPC is built using tiny components, but put inside a full-size case because research indicates that Wal-Mart shoppers are so unsophisticated they equate physical size with capability. Funny, but hey, give the people what they want.
This would make a great second-computer for us. I can have the laptop and the kids can use this one to play on the Webkinz site.
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posted on
11/14/2007 7:43:51 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: N3WBI3
Not allot of great games for LinuxIf you've got "Bubble Breaker" (known as "Same Gnome" on Ubuntu) and "Tux Racer," what more could you ever want?
Mark
163
posted on
11/14/2007 11:44:18 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: Gorzaloon
164
posted on
11/14/2007 11:46:11 AM PST
by
Nephi
( $100m ante is a symptom of the old media... the Ron Paul Revolution is the new media's choice.)
To: MarkL
That was one of the things I didn’t like about Gutsy...it kept asking me for my password every time I wanted to do something.
165
posted on
11/14/2007 11:48:37 AM PST
by
Nephi
( $100m ante is a symptom of the old media... the Ron Paul Revolution is the new media's choice.)
To: MarkL
166
posted on
11/14/2007 11:52:59 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce; Gorzaloon
I really like Fedora. Of course, I've been running Red hat and Fedora since Red Hat 0.9 (I think--1994, anyway). Fedora 8 is probably the first Fedora distro I've had that works completely "out of the box". Sound, wireless, video, everything. I'm currently running it on a Dell Latitude D830 at 1920x1200.Am I dating myself? My first experience was with Yggdrasil Linux... Somewhere at home I've still got my copy of "Linux Bible, The GNU Testament" too...
Mark
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posted on
11/14/2007 11:54:13 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: MarkL
Yeah. I remember Yggdrasil. I had forgotten about that. Try out Fish Fillets—it’s pretty addictive.
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posted on
11/14/2007 11:58:39 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
or you just wipe the drive and install a copy of windows from some other computer.
169
posted on
11/14/2007 11:59:49 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Do you know anything about Ubuntu Studio? Does the install wipe windows as the OS or does it partition somehow? Will my currently functioning sound card work? Is there someplace I can go that answers these questions? I’d love to try getting away from the resource sucking of Windows.
To: padre35
"I’m surprised that it doesn’t have a 56k modem" It does, integrated fax/modem per the specs on the Wal-Mart site linked in the article.
However in this October 31 article it claims that the OS doesn't support the modem hardware.
I have no idea if that's true or not.
To: TalBlack
I honestly don't know anything about Ubuntu Studio, but
here is the home page for the project.
I use Fedora 8. Right out of the box, so to speak, it supported sound, video, and wireless with no issues. However, with most free-only distros, you may run into some post-install issues. For instance, on my Fedora 8, I have to also install mp3 capability, and Flash capability. Each one was a single command, though, so it's not difficult at all.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:52:37 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Sorry it took me a while to answer. I bought this machine off Ebay with XP pro on it. I don’t want to mess it up, but I do want to experiment with Ubuntu.
I did already set it to boot first from disk, but instead of giving me the usual “push any key to boot from CD...” option, it just skips it and goes ahead and loads windows. I think the disk didn’t work.
173
posted on
11/15/2007 3:20:53 PM PST
by
Big Giant Head
(I should change my tagline to "Big Giant bulb on my Head")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: snowsislander
That’s is a very good looking system...with a modem too...
To: Onelifetogive
Games? Bah. That’s what a Playstation or a Wii is for. :-p
176
posted on
11/16/2007 7:59:53 PM PST
by
bigdcaldavis
("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
To: Red Badger
This is obviously a ploy by Microsoft to get everybody turned off of Linux when all these machines crap out at once!.........
Allow me to quote "Troy from West Virginia" who calls in to the Alex Jones radio show:
"Coo coo. Coo coo. Fruit loop. Coo Coo."
:-D
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:01:48 PM PST
by
bigdcaldavis
("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
To: posterchild
Wish I still had my old C64 and 1541 floppy drive and a buttload of Compute’s Gazette magazines. :-D
178
posted on
11/16/2007 8:09:10 PM PST
by
bigdcaldavis
("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
To: aroundabout
I bought my first Mac about 4 years ago for a mere $10. :-p
It’s a Macintosh SE with 4 MB RAM, a 100 MB hard drive and Mac OS 7.
179
posted on
11/16/2007 8:10:26 PM PST
by
bigdcaldavis
("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
To: HeartlandOfAmerica
Dang. My first computer was a cheap Atari 600XL that I for Christmas in 1984. (Cheap because the Tramiels took over the company and cut the prices so they could get rid of old stock.)
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:11:54 PM PST
by
bigdcaldavis
("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
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