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How Low Can You go and Still Run Linux?
Jan 15, 2008, 23 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5819 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"I remember when getting a decent PC would set you back at least a grand. Then it was $500. Now, it's $150!? That's the story that small vendor LinFX wants you to buy along with its PC with pre-installed Linux.

"How does LinFX manage to sell a fully operational computer with a 15-inch display for $150? Well, while the Linux distribution, PCLinuxOS 2007, is a state-of-the-art 21st century desktop Linux, the hardware, an IBM NetVista desktop with a 900MHz Intel Pentium III and 256MB of RAM, is right out of the year 2000..."

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The PCLinuxOS Computer--Every Damn Thing You Need for $150(Jan 13, 2008)


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Jan 16, 2008, 02:33:10
 
Ok, a 133MHz K5 won't do YouTube (bl ...   1998 laptop   
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