Wal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores

March 11, 2008 by Kiltak |

A few months ago, Wal-Mart started selling $199 Everex “Green PCs” in about 600 of their stores through the U.S. Unfortunately, it seems that the project was a total failure and that the interest of running penguin-powered systems among Wal-Mart customers was just not there.

Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows didn’t attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday.

“This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for,” said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien.

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7 Comments »

Comment by BelchSpeak

2008-03-11 07:11:02

Now they are selling the gPC2, which is still $199 but without a monitor.

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Comment by Mackenzie

2008-03-11 12:55:43

The original was $199 without a monitor as well.

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Comment by Mackenzie

2008-03-11 12:57:18

This was to BelchSpeak, but ended up down here.

(Comments wont nest below this level)

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Comment by Wayne

2008-03-11 09:14:13

I call BS on this. Every time I checked online, the computer was constantly sold out. Walmart gave up too easily.

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Comment by Mackenzie

2008-03-11 12:52:27

All of Walmart was sold out of them within 2 weeks! How is that a failure?

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Comment by Kiltak

2008-03-11 15:31:35

Lol, Wal-Mart considered it a failure.. No idea why. Maybe they received a fat check from MS…

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Comment by Cuzit

2008-05-18 08:21:40

No offense, but most of the people I see at my local Wal-Marts are what you would consider “rednecks,” “hillbillies,” and “inbreds,” that would surprise me if they could find the power button on his or her PC. These people haven’t heard of Linux have no desire to run it.

Wal-Mart shouldn’t be selling Linux PCs. Places like Circuit City or Best Buy should. Or do they? The closest one to me is several hours away. -_-

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