First Mass-Market $200 Linux PC on Sale at Wal-Mart (next to their line of redneck zombie clothing)

Wired.com writes about this new $200 PC running the Enlightenment desktop manager on Ubuntu Linux and powered by a 1.5 Ghz VIA C7 CPU, 512 megs of RAM, and an 80GB drive.

Ubuntu Linux is a very powerful, robust operating system derived from Debian (which is what runs VideoSift). This could be the first big step toward Linux PCs taking over... Okay, so they probably won't take over, but at least they'll become more popular and offer lots more people an affordable computer.

It'd actually be a box very worth buying for simple things such as a development/test server, data backup, or other such tasks.

Here is the item page at WalMart.com, and below are the item description and not-so-detailed specs from that page:

Key Features & Benefits:
  • 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor
    Delivers energy-saving performance
  • 512 MB of DDR2 system memory
    Offers good performance and is expandable to 2 GB
  • 80 GB hard disk drive
    Provides space for documents, games, photos and music
  • DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
    Lets you play DVDs and burn your own CDs for entertainment and data backup
  • 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
    Connects to a local area network or broadband Internet devices
  • gOS operating system
    Enables you to use the supplied OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite
Specifications
Hard Drive Size:80 GB
System RAM:512 MB
Operating System:gOS
Model No.:TC2502
Shipping Weight (in pounds):21.0
Product in Inches (L x W x H):23.0 x 23.0 x 11.4

(If you don't get the "redneck zombie clothing" reference, see SwampGirl's Halloween Post.)

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