[lug] Seeking recommendations for computer builder

Dhruva B. Reddy bdhruva at gmx.net
Wed May 15 14:53:16 MDT 2002


That blurb references an article about one person's experience
installing Mandrake and some other distro on a Wal-mart naked PC.  IIRC,
that machine came with a WinModem.  Other than that, it worked fine.

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 02:31:29PM -0600, quoth Rob Mohr:
> A few weeks back slashdot had a blurp about putting linux onto a $399 (or
> was it $499?) box from WalMart.  I did not know it, but WalMart sells
> computers without any OS onboard.
> 
> Go back to read the available machine specs, but this individual had good
> success, carefree, with several distro installs.  
> 
> Cordially, Rob Mohr
> eof
> 



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