:Two on Linux Products New to WalMart Online Retail Channels
Two on Linux Products New to WalMart Online Retail Channels Feb 6, 2003, 14 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (9543 reads) (Other stories by Juan Carlos Perez and)
Walmart.com has begun selling Lindows.com Inc.'s Linux-based operating system, the first stand-alone operating system not made by Microsoft Corp. to be featured at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s online store, Lindows.com announced Tuesday.
"LindowsOS 3.0 Membership Edition is available now at Walmart.com for $98.72. The operating system comes with a one-year membership to the Lindows.com Warehouse, a collection of over 1,700 software programs. The membership lets users download any of the Warehouse programs for free and keep them for life..."
"Sam's Club, the members-only branch of retail giant Wal-Mart, has entered the budget PC race with a $299 system running Red Hat's version of the Linux operating system.
"The Sam's Club PCs are built by CPUBuilders, a division of Wichita, Kan.-based hardware maker Stratitec specializing in budget PCs. The Sam's Club offerings, sold only through the retailer's Web site, mirror similar moves by Wal-Mart, which offers a number of low-cost Linux PCs through its Web site.
"The $299 'starter system' sold by Sam's Club runs on a 1.1GHz Duron processor from Advanced Micro Devices and includes a 20GB hard drive, built-in Ethernet and modem, and an integrated graphics processor. The current version has 128MB of memory, but CPUBuilders plans to upgrade the configuration soon to 256MB. A 17-inch monitor is available for another $100..."
