The San Diego Union-Tribune reports on a partnership between Lindows.com and Microtel Computer Systems, the companies will be assembling ultra-inexpensive PCs that will be sold at Wall-Mart stores. "How can a new computer be so inexpensive? For one thing, it doesn't come with the Microsoft Windows operating system, which sells for about $199 itself. Instead, the computers are based on the Linux computing platform and use the Lindows operating system. They are being sold on Walmart.com, the Web site of the Wal-Mart discount store chain. They also don't come with monitors, which sell separately for as little as $75."

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