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Wal-Mart back in the Linux business

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Say what you will about retail's looming giant, but Wal-Mart's got stones. It's doing what no other mass-market retailer dares to do: offering low-cost PCs with Linux instead of Windows. The company, which has sold Linspire-powered Linux PCs in the past, has gotten back in the Linux-box game with an Everex system that includes the PC itself, along with mouse and keyboard (but no monitor) for $198, as I read in a report from DesktopLinux.com.

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Comments (2)

dthacker ·
I checked two stores locally last week for any kind of linux. None to be found in Omaha, NE.

Dave
Steven_Rosenber Story submitter ·
The new box is set to be sold sometime this month. No date announced. Nothing at walmart.com yet, either.

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