[CoLoCo] Walmart Selling Ubuntu PC's

[David L. Willson]

Let's buy one!

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 11:49 -0600, TJ Heaney wrote:
> I'm curious, 
>  
> it advertises being able to play DVDs. Does that mean the dvdcss
> packages are installed?
> 
>  
> On 11/1/07, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote: 
>         Related Links
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>         The computer you can buy:
>         http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614
>         The oh-so-empty website for the OS that runs the computer you
>         can buy:
>         http://www.thinkgos.com/index.html
>         
>         On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 10:59 -0600, Dave Vanderploeg wrote:
>         > If my memory serves me correctly, this is not the first
>         Linux PC that
>         > Wal-Mart has sold. Most people bought them and installed
>         Windows. I 
>         > think they sold Lindows / Linspire systems. On Walmarts
>         website it
>         > says that the computer runs the "gOS" operating system, so
>         even if
>         > someone has heard of Ubuntu, their not going to know that
>         this is part 
>         > of it.
>         >
>         > It kind of seems like a waste to me. If you want to sell
>         them label it
>         > as Ubuntu, which a lot more people have heard of and has a
>         huge
>         > support system.
>         >
>         > Also, its apparently is in a huge tower, because market
>         research shows 
>         > walmart customer equate size with quality. It would have
>         been nice to
>         > be able to buy a $200 mini PC to use as a media system.
>         >
>         > On Nov 1, 2007 10:36 AM, Michael TheZorch Haney
>         <thezorch at gmail.com>
>         > wrote:
>         >         phillip tribble wrote:
>         >         >
>         http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/200-everex-gree.html
>         >
>         >         I learned about this on Digg.com, there's a lot of
>         Ubuntu news
>         >         that gets
>         >         posted there by the way.  The Xfce window manager
>         might have 
>         >         been a
>         >         better choice than Enlightenment, but its still good
>         to see
>         >         Linux
>         >         systems making it into mainstream stores like this.
>         >          Especially systems 
>         >         that use Ubuntu or Ubuntu derivatives like gOS.
>         >
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