It ran fine, and had lots of pretty toys, but it was talking over the
network a LOT! There were posts on several boards about how it was
continually sending encrypted packets back to the Lindows main server, and
nobody knew what it was doing. Didn't waste time trying to figure it out; I
just yanked it...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis R. Birt" <travis@databasepro.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cheap Microtel PC's...anyone have any experience with
them?
> Why wipe Lindows off? It is a fine OS depending on your needs.
> Travis
>
> James Miller wrote:
>
> > We have two of them, and we love them. Good price, no problems with
> >running almost any OS we put on them. Just wipe the Lindows that comes
> >installed on it...
> >
> >James
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
> >To: <slug@nks.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:44 AM
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cheap Microtel PC's...anyone have any experience with
> >them?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 04:42:59PM -0500, Meyer, David R (FL) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>I'm just buying my first PC from Walmart.com (couldn't resist the
price)
> >>>and am wondering if anyone has hand any experience with them? Are they
> >>>well made, etc.?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I bought a Lindows one from Walmart some time ago, and wrote a review
> >>for some of my wife's cohorts that Robin also ran at Newsforge. I wiped
> >>Lindows and installed Debian. Runs fine, no problems per se.
> >>
> >>There are a couple of cautions. First, it was a Mini-ITX form factor.
> >>That means it's got a teeny fan and very small power supply. Only one
> >>expansion slot, which has a WinModem in it. No adding of components to
> >>_this_ system. Second thing is that pretty much everything is embedded
> >>on the motherboard, including the sound and video. The video uses what
> >>I'm told is a crappy chipset, the Trident Cyberblade i/1. There's
> >>support for it under Linux, but it's still not a great chipset. I've had
> >>no problems with it.
> >>
> >>Paul
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