[CoLoCo] Walmart Selling Ubuntu PC's

[phillip tribble]

On Nov 1, 2007 12:36 PM, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> wrote:

> But how many Walmartians will know how to do that, let alone know what a
> repo is?
>
>
> On 11/1/07, phillip tribble <phillip.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 1, 2007 11:49 AM, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> 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
> > > > -------------
> > > > 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 <http://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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> I like to know how many people will buy something that does not have
windows. Think about a family who buys a drive and a printer and scanner
that does not work when they bring it home.
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