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E-Commerce Times: EBIZ Pushes Linux For the Masses

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 15, 1999

“TheLinuxStore.com…further fueled the Linux movement this week
by offering e-commerce patrons a low-end PC that ships with a
factory-installed copy of the open-source operating system (OS) by
Wall Street sensation Red Hat…”

“A fully-configured Intel Celeron 333 MHz processor-driven
system priced at approximately $400 (US$), the Element-L Ion system
features 32MB 4×64 SDRAM, a 6.4 GB hard drive, the KDE and Gnome
Graphical User Interfaces and Red Hat Linux 6.0. According to EBIZ,
the Ion is the entry-level computer in a series of Element-L
Linux-based systems distributed through their e-commerce operation.
The line includes desktops, notebooks, workstations and
servers.”

Element-L systems are priced with the spirit of Linux in
mind, meeting the customer demand to provide more for less
,”
commented Jeffrey Rassas, CEO of EBIZ. On the other end of the
spectrum, the Eclipse series of Alpha Linux computers, which are
among the world’s first 64-bit microprocessor-based systems, will
be available through TheLinuxStore for approximately $1600.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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