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Submission + - Wal-Mart's $200 Linux PC Sells Out (ecogeek.org)

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hankmt

on Sunday November 11, 2007 @04:49PM

hankmt writes: "About a week ago Wal-Mart began selling a $200 linux machine running on a 1.5 ghz Via C7 processor and 512 megs of RAM. While the specs are useless for vista, it works blazingly fast on Ubuntu with the Enlightenment Window Manager. The machine is now officially sold out of their online warehouses, and the product sales page at WalMart.com is full of glowing reviews from new and old linux users alike."

Comment Didn't someone do something like this before? (Score 1) 427

by tlpalmer on Friday September 23, 2005 @03:01PM (#13631559) Attached to: Record Labels Release Software To Combat Piracy

I seem to remember someone releasing a scanner for illegal files a while ago which turned out just to flag things randomly by file extension or something.

Comment Re:"GET THE FACTS" (Score 0) 15

by Astroturf_Alert on Monday July 18, 2005 @01:19PM (#13095329) Attached to: Nominations

Troll yes, but he's certainly not ordinary. Awesome trollocity, there.

He's a foe.

Journal Journal: Nominations 15

Journal by Astroturf_Alert on Tuesday July 12, 2005 @10:58AM

If you would like to nominate (or accuse) some user of astroturfing, reply here.

If you are here because you were accused unfairly, feel free to post your defense here, as well.

Some guidelines:

Journal Journal: What is the Astroturf Alert? 2

Journal by Astroturf_Alert on Monday July 11, 2005 @12:19PM

The Astroturf Alert is intended to be a signal to Slashdot readers that a user has been seen posting what looks like astroturf.

Journal Journal: What is "astroturfing"?

Journal by Astroturf_Alert on Monday July 11, 2005 @12:04PM

Astroturfing is the process of laying down a false appearance of "grass roots" support for something.

Unethical companies have used the practice to pollute Usenet, message boards, and anywhere else they can pretend to be a casual user who is a fan of the Company's products.

Journal Journal: Let's do this again 2

Journal by No More Trolls on Monday September 27, 2004 @10:37AM

My foes list has a bunch of trolls on it. Some are new. If anyone has suggestions for names to add or names to take off, please post a comment here. Oh and please link to examples of why it should change. Thank you.

Comment Re:You're being a bit overzealous, don't you think (Score 1) 18

by No More Trolls on Tuesday August 27, 2002 @04:18PM (#4151565) Attached to: Suggestions are always welcome

This is pretty typical Flamebait and Troll both:

You nimrods. (Score:-1, Flamebait) by Wakko Warner on Tuesday August 27, @04:00PM (#4151400) Why is this story such a big deal?? How many of you wolf-crying 'tards have ever paid a dime for your MP3 encoders? Fraunhofer has been charging a license fee for them since the very beginning, but I don't ever remember having inserted a quarter into the coin slot on my PC when I ran LAME. Do you honestly think you're gonna start having to pay for your copy of XMMS? Of mpg123? Do you think the copies you have now are gonna quit working in a few days? Stop acting like such irrational little 12-year-olds... Moderation Totals: Flamebait=2, Overrated=1, Total=3.

(It is flamebait for sure and I think it is Troll because it didn't take very long for Google to find out he was just being stupid.)

You might be right about FortKnox. I have not decided yet.

I took /dev/trash off the list.

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