Quote of the day... ($200 PC)

[obsidian]

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.

Walmart selling $200 Ubuntu Linux PC.

[Fender]

$150 laptop

[bikkeldesnikkel]

$100 pc

[Kills On Site]

That is nice, and it definately is aimed at two, very opposite ends of the computing spectrum, those with no computer knowledge wanting to do email and whatnot and us experts and heavy computer users who would like a box to mess around in.

[JulesWinnfield]

'whatnot' = de facto category 1

[creep]

I would certainly not like to mess around in that box.

[bitWISE]

That desktop shell actually looks pretty nice for being stripped down.

[lars63]

I was thinking the same thing. I hate going to Wal-Mart but think I will go take a look.

Grandma needs a new machine and this could be the ticket. Email and Hearts card game only thing she uses her computer for

[X-R-Cist]

not a bad little machine. just throw out the 512 and put in 2gb and you have a machine wich cost 1/10 of one with vista on it and can do what ever it can 10x better

or you could dust off the p3 you have sitting in the shed collecting dust and throw ubuntu 7.10 on it. still it would run better than vista

[Dr_Watson]

does the distro make any money off preloaded linux? or does the maker get to give people an os they don't know how to use for zero overhead?

[obsidian]

Linux by definition is free. Some companies like Canonical, sponsors of Ubuntu, will make money by providing support.

[Dr_Watson]

yes, i am aware of that.
i've just always wondered about the legality of selling someone open source software.
and i doubt that companies that sell preloaded linux are doing what i would do. (donate a chunk of the profit to the programmers for every unit sold)

[Underpants?]

They're selling hardware--not software, you pointy-headed fuckjob.

[Dr_Watson]

then they should sell it without the software on it. you hairlipped knuckle dragger.

[creep]

then they should sell it without the software on it. you hairlipped knuckle dragger.

So they have to buy windows to connect to the internet to download something else? oh wait... that won't work.

It's interesting how Dell is doing it. They'll send you ubuntu but you have to install it yourself. This gets them out of having to provide any support, and also offsets the distribution costs for the distro.

[r3t]

then they should sell it without the software on it. you hairlipped knuckle dragger.

No, the GPL allows distributing software in any way, as long as the source code (and any changes you made to it) is provided with it. Selling a system preloaded with Linux is thus completely legal.