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Lindows continues its PC push (ZDNet)

[Posted August 7, 2003 by cook]

ZDNet looks at the latest hardware offering from Lindows.com. "The company, best known for its consumer-oriented version of the Linux operating system, on Thursday launched a $449 desktop computer with a flat-panel monitor. It's the second such announcement from Lindows in just a few weeks."

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Cheap software?

Posted Aug 7, 2003 19:48 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

Wouldn't it give free software reputation of cheap software running on cheap hardware? Wouldn't we see customers in Walmart asking if the suspiciously cheap computer is running real Windows or a cheap imitation? A name like "KooBox" sounds very unprofessional. It would be a good name for a toy.

Cheap software?

Posted Aug 7, 2003 22:25 UTC (Thu) by techlizard (guest, #13802) [Link]

Should an inexpensive pc for the masses be running Windows or Linux? Linux gets my vote. Linux can run well on ANY computer.