[KLUG Members] Re: LindowsOS coomputers

Paul VandenBosch members@kalamazoolinux.org
Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:07:30 -0500 (EST)


Can these WalMart Lindoze specials be converted to RedHat?
I might take a look at these too, I would like to put together a home
network and experiment with a thin client system.  I bet that the bottom
of the line WalMart special would be an upgrade from my current pc with
RH, which does just about anything I need it for.

 Bruce Smith said:
>> Just got the Tiger Direct catalog today. They had a Lindows computer
>> in it for $230, plus monitor.  A quick look at their web site revealed
>> one for $199, and a final one for $330. All systems need a monitor.
>> Knowing about what the KLUG gurus think about Lindows, would it be a
>> good system, with a reference book on security, for a new user?
>
> There has been talk recently on the KLUG Speakers mailing list about
> someone doing a presentation on Lindows demoed on a genuine Walmart $199
> Microtel PC.  I'm not sure if it's on the schedule yet, but it should be
> listed there soon.  Come check it out!
>
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> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
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