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Shuttle Teams with Foresight Linux on $199 KPC

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Shuttle today announced that the newly launched $199 KPC will feature the Foresight Linux operating system. With an intuitive interface and user focused design, Foresight does away with the need for users to be familiar with Linux.

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A host of the latest software is packaged with the operating system, giving users convenient and enjoyable access to music, photos, videos, documents, and the Internet. Even keeping up-to-date with the latest features and fixes is a simple process with the user friendly update button.

Foresight uses the revolutionary Conary® Package Manager developed by rPath and distributed as Open Source software under the terms of the Common Public License. With the Conary® Package Manager, the system updates only the specific files in packages which need to be updated so updating takes little time and bandwidth.

Shuttle’s KPC includes many software packages already installed, including the OpenOffice.org® office suite, the Firefox® web browser, the Pidgin instant messenger, the Banshee music player, the Totem movie player, the F-Spot photo organizer, and Compiz for 3D desktop effects. For more details visit: http://us.shuttle.com/kpc

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Comments (13)

rijelkentaurus ·
I liked Foresight, even if it was a GNOME distro, it was fast and stable and not bloated at all (ahem...Ubtunu...). Just my O.

Edit: It's also nice to see something other than a 'buntu-style distro being preinstalled on a PC. This is good news and a good sign.
Steven_Rosenber ·
Couldn't they shoehorn a CD/DVD drive into that thing?
rijelkentaurus ·
Not for $199, I guess.
tuxchick ·
CD/DVD is so last-millennium. USB devices rule now. Though it's just a matter of time until direct neural implants supplant both.
thenixedreport ·
"Though it's just a matter of time until direct neural implants supplant both."

Then shall begin Armageddon.
techiem2 ·
heh. Upon plugging your brain into a windows box: "Brain could not be read. Format? Y/N"
tuxchick ·
techiem2, anyone who connects their brain directly to a Windows box is just trying to assist natural selection in doing its job.
rijelkentaurus ·
Your eyes will simply show miniature BSODs.
NoDough ·
Market opportunity! BSOD contacts.
happyfeet ·
@techiem2:
Quoting: "Brain could not be read. Format? Y/N"


"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" (Dorothy Parker)
techiem2 ·
lol So TC, will there be a Darwin Award for the first person to die via a windows virus from plugging their brain into a windows box?
Steven_Rosenber ·
A USB DVD writer is probably a must-have peripheral for this thing. So make it $199 + $60.
tuxchick ·
Quoting: will there be a Darwin Award for the first person to die via a windows virus from plugging their brain into a windows box?


I predict they'll need a whole new category just to handle the sheer volume of nominees.

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