Comments on: Links 12/09/2008: Android is Near, Tesco to Stock GNU/Linux Sub-notebooks? http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/ Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-23134 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:18:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/#comment-23134 Maplin sells small sub-notebooks for just £169. That model runs GNU/Linux, but its does not say so. Maplin sells small sub-notebooks for just £169. That model runs GNU/Linux, but its does not say so.

]]> By: AlexH http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-23126 AlexH Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:44:29 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/#comment-23126 Well, Tesco's whole business model is buying things in large bulk and selling them cheaply, but they've been selling computers in store for a while now: mostly no-brand imported machines. A few have been GNU/Linux, most haven't. I think what interests them most is the price point, which is what I don't really understand about the Dell: £299 is cheap, but you can pick up a laptop at that price in their stores already. 12" is small, but not that small. Well, Tesco’s whole business model is buying things in large bulk and selling them cheaply, but they’ve been selling computers in store for a while now: mostly no-brand imported machines. A few have been GNU/Linux, most haven’t.

I think what interests them most is the price point, which is what I don’t really understand about the Dell: £299 is cheap, but you can pick up a laptop at that price in their stores already. 12″ is small, but not that small.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-23120 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:57:05 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/#comment-23120 I'm still trying to figure out what the Tesco thing is about. There are many rumours, but no confirmed reports. This would not be the first time Tesco dabbles in GNU/Linux (with success even): <a href="http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2007/10/21/tesco-sell-computers-with-ubuntu-pre-installed-linux-on-the-up/" title="Tesco sell computers with Ubuntu pre-installed - Linux on the up?" rel="nofollow">Tesco sell computers with Ubuntu pre-installed - Linux on the up?</a> <blockquote cite="http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2007/10/21/tesco-sell-computers-with-ubuntu-pre-installed-linux-on-the-up/"> Tesco is the world's third largest grocery retailer, and also sells everything from clothes to electrical equipment. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/tesco-breaks-free-wma-chains" title="Tesco breaks free of WMA chains" rel="nofollow">Tesco breaks free of WMA chains</a> <blockquote cite="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/tesco-breaks-free-wma-chains"> TESCO DIGITAL will soon be launched in the UK. The partly DRM-free music download concern will now offer 1.6 million Ipod-friendly MP3 files alongside the current roster 1.7-million Windows-hamstringed tunes. </blockquote> I’m still trying to figure out what the Tesco thing is about. There are many rumours, but no confirmed reports. This would not be the first time Tesco dabbles in GNU/Linux (with success even):

Tesco sell computers with Ubuntu pre-installed – Linux on the up?

Tesco is the world’s third largest grocery retailer, and also sells everything from clothes to electrical equipment.

Tesco breaks free of WMA chains

TESCO DIGITAL will soon be launched in the UK. The partly DRM-free music download concern will now offer 1.6 million Ipod-friendly MP3 files alongside the current roster 1.7-million Windows-hamstringed tunes.

]]> By: AlexH http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-23118 AlexH Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:52:44 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/tesco-gnu-linux-sub-notebooks/#comment-23118 Looks like the Tesco thing is just a cheap small laptop rather than an actual sub-notebook, though obviously that's a bit relative. Shame; I got to play with an Eee901 just yesterday for the first time and was extremely impressed with the default install and interface: it's not trying to compete with standard laptops, and what it says it can do in theory it does extremely well in practice. I could see a number of people buying these things as additional devices. Looks like the Tesco thing is just a cheap small laptop rather than an actual sub-notebook, though obviously that’s a bit relative.

Shame; I got to play with an Eee901 just yesterday for the first time and was extremely impressed with the default install and interface: it’s not trying to compete with standard laptops, and what it says it can do in theory it does extremely well in practice. I could see a number of people buying these things as additional devices.

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