> who the hell is micro center and what makes you think that > there is anyone > there able to operate linux? YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO MICRO CENTER???!??!??!??! It's on hwy 100 and excelsior I think. It's almost like Fry's electronics, but more focus on computer hardware. Prices are OK, not as good as buying on the net though. They sell just about every flavor of linux imaginable, of course, that doesn't mean they know how to use it. Speaking of Micro center, they have a Compaq Ipaq desktop web appliance for $200. You can pay cash for it and promise that you'll buy service and they'll let you walk out of the store with it. Anyone heard anything about linux on these? (kinda like the i-opener) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lutgens [mailto:blutgens at sistina.com] > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 3:30 PM > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Linux demos at stores > > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 02:03:20PM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote: > >Has anyone bugged Micro Center about setting up a demo box > with Linux on it? > >They'd probably sell alot more copies if people got to play > with it first. > >You gotta admit, helix-gnome with some semi-transparent > aterms and a sweet > >background look way cooler than windows. > > > who the hell is micro center and what makes you think that > there is anyone > there able to operate linux? If they're like the sales people > at other stores > they are morons. > -- > Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 http://www.sistina.com/ > Sistina Software Inc. work: 612.379.3951 > Code Monkey Support (A.K.A. System Administrator) > Key fingerprint = A69A 118D 710B 8EB0 DC3B D912 2F19 311A 02DD 1908 > > Make the force be with you. And for god's sake men, be careful. > ** Lt.Col. Eaton 3rd Battalion 14th Infantry - Panama > Jungle 1991 >