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Wal-Mart mulls Linux PC - report

Open source for the masses
By INQUIRER newsdesk
Mon Jul 23 2007, 17:37
AMERICAN PURVEYOR OF CONSUMERISM Wal-Mart is offering a cheap PC loaded with basic Vista, and later in the year will ofer the Everex GC3502 pre-packaged with Ubuntu Linux.

The Everex PC is based on the VIA C7-D processor which clocks at 1.7GHz. It'll also come packing 1GB of DDR2 533MHz SDRAM, a DVD/CD-RW drive, six USB ports, a modem and an 80 gig hard drive. The PCs will ship with OpenOffice.org 2.2 productivity software too. Not bad for the promised price of under $300.

Although there's no official word on Everex shipping off a Linux-ready PC to Wamart, Desktoplinux.com says a reliable source close to Everex reckons there's one on the way. µ

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