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" Rob, who're you kidding? Linux easier to use than Windows? If you know linux in and out and don't know Windows very well, sure, but for most people, Windows is more user-friendly. There's a reason Windows has become so successful (in addition to their marketing strategies etc.). Just because linux is more stable, efficient, and just generally more respectable than Windows doesn't make it more user-friendly. If it were, I'd have switched to it myself. "

" Ubuntu is really easy to use, install, configure and use. The Gnome interface will not be strange for any user comming from a MS Windows environment, the OS menus are staright forward and very easy to understand, configuration and customizations are easy tasks to preform, all graphic window tools, not comand line stuf for new users migrating from MS Windows or even Mac OS. The Desktop Linux usage statistics are wrong, because there are no way to now how many people are using Linux in their desktops out there, even because many computers are sold with pre-installed MS Windows that then is replaced by Linux. One thing I'll have to agree, Mr. Peter Svensson never had the chance to try out a Ubuntu Instalation procedure neither the chance to try to use Ubunto. Ubunto is fantasic, in the majority of the cases, no additional disk drivers are required as in MS Windows, most of the computer hardware starts to work right out of the box, and better Ubuntu installs from a Life CD or DVD so you have the chance to teste it in your machine without installing it. Weel done to gOS, Everex and Wall Mart. "

" Wow, walmart became useful again. a mini itx system for $200 with all the stuff? this is a hobbyist's dream. plus you get an extra keyboard, case, mouse, and speakers. I imagine this will make sales, just not to the market they want, but hobbyists will be all over this, I know I want to jump on it, strip the case off and get a small compact case to stuff it in with a SSD or a 2.5" HDD. does it have tv-out? "

" Really...who would want an open source computer when tech savy's can do it themselves. Home users are used to either Windows or Mac OS X. An open source OS will not prosper among the not tech savy unless the makers of the OS can make it stupid people proof. "

" Your memory comment is just ignorant, Apparently you know nothing about linux. If the system was going to be released with Windows installed (Especially Vista which is a resource hogging piece of crap), yea, 512mb would be a joke. This is a low-end bottom of the barrel pc. 512mb will be MORE than enough to run an Ubuntu variant. "

" 512MG of ram is ridiculous; I have 2GB in my laptop and even that isn't enough. For a low end computer a gigabyte would be respectable, but I have more than 512MG in my Windows ME PC, which I have nicknamed Dinosourace. "

" "The operating system isn't known for ease of use and mainly attracts the tech-savvy." Let me guess, the writer never even saw the operating system let alone tried it. My 85 year old grandmother even thinks Ubuntu is easier the Windows. "

" no no no, they said the dial-up modem doesn't work in Linux, which means that you're good to go with anything else, including DSL, cable, and satellite. "

" "The PC comes with a dialup modem, but gOS doesn't support it. So most users likely will get online other ways." So, if they don't have Satellite/Cable/DSL, they're netless? "

" "The operating system isn't known for ease of use" What? Which operating system are we talking about? Windows, right? By comparison, Ubuntu is like breathing. I guess Mr. Svensson probably uses a Mac and doesn't know the real pain and difficulty of using Microsoft Windows. "

" i HATE wal-mart but LOVE linux, so this one is a wash. although this really isn't new- they've offered a linux box for a couple of years or so, but at a slightly higher price. it's great to see a major retailer continuing to try to break the window$ stranglehold. i run linux on all of my computers at home and couldn't be happier... or more secure LOL "

" Is so awesome. "