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How Low Can You go and Still Run Linux?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 16, 2008

[ 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…”

Complete
Story

Related Story:
The
PCLinuxOS Computer–Every Damn Thing You Need for $150
(Jan 13,
2008)

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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