Re: Linux on the Cheapest Laptops

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 08/17/05 

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:03:00 -0400

James Knott wrote:

> Tony Sivori wrote:
>
>> What are the odds of Mandrake / Mandriva or Suse working on the bottom of
>> the line laptops that Office Depot, Best Buy and others are selling? Has
>> anyone here tried it?
>
> There's a company called "Angel Computers", which sells low end computers,
> loaded with Linux. They sell them for less than the same computer with
> Windows. Also, I believe Wal Mart has or had some notebooks loaded with
> Linux. Either of those sources should be OK for any Linux distro.

While not below $1K, here's another source.

http://www.shoprcubed.com

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