I think it's great that

Submitted by borisdblade on Sun, 2008-07-13 06:49

I think it's great that linux is being mainstreamed to a retailer again. It gets it out there in the public eye and can really make some new converts. Yes, at $20, it seems pricey when it's free online. But it's way cheaper than any windows or apple OS offered. And with people looking for cheaper and better (compiz takes aero apart!) with our economy still declining, Linux looks better in any light.

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I think this is great! The

Submitted by linuxcrazy on Thu, 2008-07-10 19:19

I think this is great! The problem? It's too expensive. I think a better price is $10-$15. When Ubuntu can be downloaded for free the only people that would buy it (average users) would go for Linspire or something like that. They would not be high-end users in most cases.

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umm

Submitted by xveganx on Thu, 2008-07-10 14:18

best buy used to sell boxed versions of SUSE also.

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Hrm.  Despite the very

Submitted by nduanetesh on Thu, 2008-07-10 14:16

Hrm.  Despite the very FUD-esque ad copy on the box, Ubuntu is actually much more likely to randomly freeze on my laptop than XP.  That, and the lack of games support, are the reasons Ubuntu is not my main OS.

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Ubuntu

Submitted by dwr50 on Thu, 2008-07-10 14:04

It's not that Linux is hard to learn... it's that Windoz and Crapple are hard to un-learn.

Acer Aspire 5610z,Vista HP, No problems with Vista... so far, but I'm learning Linux, just in case.

Acer Aspire 5315-2153, $348 Walmart Special,Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Spring Edition

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I cant think of a witty

Submitted by pellier on Thu, 2008-07-10 12:11

I cant think of a witty comment for this

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