[SC.LUG] Linux Spotting

[Roger Gibson]

But what were the prices?  Good New Year to you all - Roger.

John Southern said the following on 31/12/2008 21:06:
> On Wednesday 31 December 2008 15:50:50 Frank Mitchell wrote:
>   
>> Shopping yesterday in Asda at Winsford, I saw a cheap Acer Notebook on
>> sale, specifically advertised to the General Public as a Linux machine. Can
>> anybody report any other sightings?
>>     
>
> PC World had the EeePC 1000 on display today saying "Linux Operating System - 
> Easy to use"
> They also had Acer A110 and A150 on display running Linux.
> Asking what it was, I was told that it is simple and was told that the 
> assistant had been running Ubuntu for a year with no problems.
>
> Toys R Us had the EeePC 1000 and 901, although they also had a 901 with XP.
>
> Maplins had a 7" netbook on display that is also running Linux.
>
> John
>
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