Lindows

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:

> On Friday 12 July 2002 12:17 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > I hear Lindows boxes are selling for $300 at walmart  ;)
> 
> "Monitor and floppy disk drive not included"
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1870914&cat=86796&type=1&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796

   I just ordered one for my Dad.  Except we went with the SYSMAR703.  
For just $100 bucks more you get a floppy drive, move up to an Intel 1.3
GHz Celeron (from 850MHz Duron), and move up to a 40 Gig hard drive (from
10 Gig).  Video, sound, and 10/100 ethernet are built onto the
motherboard.

   Total bill, including shipping was $414.00

   I'm game to give Lindows a try.  If it sucks I can always reload the
box with RedHat or Debian or SuSE or whatever...but *DEFINITELY NEVER*
with WinBlows!  Anything that sends a signal to Redmond that people WANT
machines without the "Microsoft tax/virus" is "A Good Thing"(tm) in my
book :-)

   Thank you Wal-Mart for being brave enough to offer an alternative
choice.  Perhaps it may not be the BEST choice, perhaps Lindows will need
some time to improve and grow.  Time will tell...

      --- Jay
             
"Those that sacrifice essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
 deserve neither liberty nor safety."  -- Ben Franklin (1759) 
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