$200 Ubuntu Linux PC Now Available
Thursday, November 1, 2007 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Personal Computing
Is it me or are there more articles lately about Linux and the availability of it loaded on computers?
Okay, you are only going to be able to get it selected at Wal-Mart for now and yes no monitor. For $200 you are lucky they have a keyboard and a mouse. Oh look it has speakers!
Alright, I'm not really making fun of this article. Remember I'm the one that at times seems to go out of his way to find Linux articles.
Most if not all of us will probably consider this no more than a toy. The inside of the box doesn't sound like it has much. Come to think about it the $100 laptop that people want to make available in third world countries doesn't sound like much either. Wonder if Linux will be on those also? Could we be witness to the start of something?
The article is on Wired News posted yesterday morning.
Everex's TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores.
"It's $200, with no gimmicks or subsidies," Everex spokesman David Liu said.
The gPC aims to joins a popular gang of low-end economy computers leading into the holiday season, such as Asus' $300 EeePC Laptop and VIA's $600 Nanobook. Unlike these machines, however, Everex's latest model is a full-size desktop, and $100 cheaper than even the slightest models from Dell or HP.
WWW Link
Okay so lets see some comments here. Is this a a real kick start of Linux or just something that's going to fade away after the Holidays?
Okay, you are only going to be able to get it selected at Wal-Mart for now and yes no monitor. For $200 you are lucky they have a keyboard and a mouse. Oh look it has speakers!
Alright, I'm not really making fun of this article. Remember I'm the one that at times seems to go out of his way to find Linux articles.
Most if not all of us will probably consider this no more than a toy. The inside of the box doesn't sound like it has much. Come to think about it the $100 laptop that people want to make available in third world countries doesn't sound like much either. Wonder if Linux will be on those also? Could we be witness to the start of something?
The article is on Wired News posted yesterday morning.
Everex's TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores.
"It's $200, with no gimmicks or subsidies," Everex spokesman David Liu said.
The gPC aims to joins a popular gang of low-end economy computers leading into the holiday season, such as Asus' $300 EeePC Laptop and VIA's $600 Nanobook. Unlike these machines, however, Everex's latest model is a full-size desktop, and $100 cheaper than even the slightest models from Dell or HP.
WWW Link
Okay so lets see some comments here. Is this a a real kick start of Linux or just something that's going to fade away after the Holidays?
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SanChonino
Reply #22 Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:13 PM
Ditto.
Reply #22 Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:13 PM
You haven't used 7.04, have you?
I had zero problems with it playing MP3's instantly.
I had zero problems with it playing MP3's instantly.
Ditto.
kona0197
Reply #23 Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:38 PM
Reply #23 Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:38 PM
Well then try watching MPEGS or AVIs or even a DVD...
Ubuntu isn't all it's cracked up to be.
I have used 7.10 - I found it a bit unstable. It didn't want to play any of my MPEG videos.
Ubuntu isn't all it's cracked up to be.
I have used 7.10 - I found it a bit unstable. It didn't want to play any of my MPEG videos.
Gideon MacLeish
Reply #24 Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:56 PM
Try watching a DVD on Media Center in XP natively.
I don't know about you, but I use Power DVD (an add on) to watch DVD's.
I haven't tried with MPEG's, but it's possible they may have installed the codecs on this machine. Certainly not out of the realm of the possible.
Is it perfect? Certainly not. But then, you have to remember it's a $200 machine.
Reply #24 Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:56 PM
Well then try watching MPEGS or AVIs or even a DVD...
Try watching a DVD on Media Center in XP natively.
I don't know about you, but I use Power DVD (an add on) to watch DVD's.
I haven't tried with MPEG's, but it's possible they may have installed the codecs on this machine. Certainly not out of the realm of the possible.
Is it perfect? Certainly not. But then, you have to remember it's a $200 machine.
kona0197
Reply #25 Saturday, November 3, 2007 9:07 PM
Reply #25 Saturday, November 3, 2007 9:07 PM
Yeah we had 2 of these at my store. We sold one recently. I would buy one then install XP over the top of Linux. Either that or install Fedora 8.
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Reply #21 Saturday, November 3, 2007 7:29 PM
You haven't used 7.04, have you?
I had zero problems with it playing MP3's instantly.
6.06 was the last time I had to update codecs.