This is not the first linux-based pc that has been sold at a major retailer but it is close to being the first since hte first came out a day before this one did.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
ron browning</b> <<a href="mailto:ron_browning14223@yahoo.com">ron_browning14223@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<h1 style="padding-left: 1px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"> Linux PC Hits Shelves At Wal-Mart For $199 </h1> <br> <div style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px;"> The gPC comes preloaded with the gOS operating system -- a Linux variant -- and a
1.5-GHz processor manufactured by Intel clone maker Via Technologies. </div> <span style="margin-left: 2px;"> By <a href="mailto:paulmcd@cmp.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><u>
Paul McDougall</u></a> <br> <span style="margin-left: 2px;"> <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=ILCLSJWZTOF10QSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> InformationWeek
</a> </span> </span><br> <span style="margin-left: 2px; line-height: 20px;"> November 1, 2007 03:51 PM </span> <br clear="all"> <span> <div>It probably won't run Crysis or other state-of-the-art games, but a Linux-based PC that Wal-Mart began offering this week for $199 should get the job done for e-mail, Web browsing, and other everyday computing tasks.
<div>The Everex TC2502 Green gPC is one of the first Linux-based desktop machines to be offered for sale by a major retailer. As such, it could become a barometer of <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202801241#" style="border-bottom: medium none; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 0px; color: darkblue; background-color: transparent;" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
open source<img style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 10px; float: none;"></a> software's
potential for success in the consumer market. </div><div> The gPC comes preloaded with the gOS operating system -- a Linux variant -- and a 1.5-GHz processor manufactured by Intel (NSDQ: <a href="http://www.techweb.com/financialCenter/index.jhtml?Account=techweb&Page=QUOTE&Ticker=INTC" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
INTC</a>) clone maker Via Technologies. The rest of the specs include an 80-Gbyte hard drive and 512 Mbytes of DDR 2 memory. </div><div> There's no monitor included, but buyers get stereo speakers and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive.
</div><div> As for software, the gPC comes with the free OpenOffice.org 2.2 productivity suite. The suite, which includes word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications, recently won <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201807146" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
backing from IBM</a>. </div><div> Everex is a Taiwanese-based PC maker that's looking to carve a niche for itself in the computer industry's economy
section. A version of Everex's gPC that runs the basic edition of <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202801241#" style="border-bottom: medium none; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 0px; color: darkblue; background-color: transparent;" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<img style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 10px; float: none;"></a>Microsoft (NSDQ: <a href="http://www.techweb.com/financialCenter/index.jhtml?Account=techweb&Page=QUOTE&Ticker=MSFT" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
MSFT</a>)'s Windows Vista is on sale at Wal-Mart for $298. </div><div> The retailer is making the gPC available at selected stores and through its Web site. </div><div> The price difference between the Linux and Windows version
of the computer reflects what some in the tech industry derisively call "the Microsoft tax" -- a Windows licensing fee that PC makers must pay to the Redmond, Wash., software maker for each computer sold. </div>
<div>It's unlikely that Linux-based PCs will displace Windows-powered computers anytime soon. For one thing, there's only a limited number of applications that will run on Linux. </div><div> Linux advocates argue, however, that until they become more mainstream, open source systems could f
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