Ubuntu SD Cards With The Eee PC
The Ubuntu Eee project has just announced they will be selling SD cards pre-loaded with the latest version of Eee Ubuntu. This SD card can then be inserted into the Eee PC and you can run Eee Ubuntu right off of it. This is a great idea, but it would be even better if the cards were sold in stores along with the Eee PC. Imagine this scenario:
A user walks into a store (or goes to an online store) to buy an Eee PC. They look at the options available and choose the model they want and then see that they can get either Windows or Linux on it. Familiar with Windows, and having never heard of Linux, they decide to go the “safe” way and pay the extra money for the Windows version. One more potential Linux user never gets to try Linux.
Now imagine that before that user walked out of the store with their new Windows Eee PC, they noticed a $40-50 little card that would let them easily switch between Windows and Linux on their new Eee PC. There might even be a discount if you bought both the Eee and the card together. Now a user who is curious about Linux, but does not want to risk trying something new can easily try Linux and decide which OS they prefer.
With this card, anyone can now try out Linux on their Eee PCs without any technical knowledge. I just hope that some company recognizes this good idea and helps get these cards on store shelves.
July 13th, 2008 at 2:14 am
about time someone did this!
linux was designed with this kind of things in mind
July 13th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I still don’t understand what would be the motivation for windows user to spend extra $50 on something they are not interested in. Those who are curious about linux already have many options to satisfy that itch free of charge. Secondly no matter what you say brown theme is still unappealing to the majority. And taking into account that linux and windows versions would probably be selling side by side, lower priced linux version will most likely present itself as an inferior product to a regular consumer. So I really don’t see a market for this sort of thing other than shared use between linux and windows users. But what the hell do I know. I’m still convinced that linux is not ready for desktop.
linux was designed with this kind of things in mind
Really? Or you’re just making this up as you go along?
July 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
What if ,when you purchased the PC ,you could also purchase several different “Distros” to try on your new PC.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Mr. Pink, Ubuntu Eee is blue - not brown