[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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