Wal-Mart shipping PCs with Lindows preinstalled

[zscoundrel]

This would be the best bet.  I have converted old PC's and built them 
from scratch, and it is much easier to install Linux on a machine that 
was put together specifically for linux.

Selecting hardware with KNOWN good drivers makes Linux installation and 
use MUCH easier.  These computers are aimed toward those that haven't 
got computers yet or are buying an inexpensive machine to 
replace/augment the computer in a household.

Lindows is supposed to be able to run a lot of 'doze software because it 
understands the 'doze API's.  This will be good for most of the basic 
software out their, but the really high end graphic stuff may cause 
problems for Granny (or Junior) right out of the box.

I plan the check the equipment out and advise those I know about what 
they can and can not do.  For some, it will be a great choice and a good 
way to escape the endless hamster wheel of hardware/software upgrades.

Jim Herrmann wrote:

> I read today that the vesion of Lindows is a version that's not even 
> available yet.  The drivers are holding back the general of the Lindows 
> distro, but for this machine they have finished all the drivers already.  
> They only have to deal with certain hardware.  I don't think these machines 
> are targeted for those that like to tweak their hardware.
> 
> On a more encouraging note, Mandrake will soon be an option on the Microtel 
> PCs from WalMart.  That should be better yet.  They haven't finalized the 
> deal, but I saw it on slashdot, I think, that a deal will be done next week.
> 
> Peace,
> Jim
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> On Tuesday 18 June 2002 08:58 am, Brian Densmore wrote:
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>>installing Linux on it. There is a big difference here. What Wal-Mart is
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>>doing is building 4 basic systems by ghosting a completely debugged
>>install
>>on "billions and billions" of PCs.
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