That's not that different from what happens in the US. Retailers will raise their prices up a week or two weeks before Black Friday, then they lower the prices for the Black Friday sales. Funny thing is that sometimes the prices are actually still higher than they were a couple of weeks before.

Comments like this are why I wish I could collapse comments here on Slashdot. Not only does this post contribute nothing, there are six (as of now) posts below it that I need to scroll past to see any decent comments.

The Presidents of the United States of America isn't a novelty band.

Most fans. Nine Inch Nails fans are not most fans.

I've had no problems running 9.04 on my Eee PC 1000HE. I ditched the stupid netbook remix interface for the real desktop though. Q: Why is the Debian logo on the article instead of the Ubuntu logo?

Arch is my favorite distro, but Debian would be a better fit for these computers if you think about what they are designed to do.

There are Arch linux users that have gotten boot time down to 12-15 seconds. Mind you that's with a lot of customization, but my vanilla setup boots in about 32 seconds and this is on a 6 year old laptop.