[conspire] (forw) Re: Linux Laptop

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Mar 5 10:03:54 PST 2012


I wrote:

> Quoting Tony Godshall (tony at of.net):
> 
> > I think this may no longer be accurate:
> > 
> > Fry's Electronics carries Novell / SUSE Linux, Linspire, Slackware,
> > and FreeBSD...
> 
> Care to reconnoiter and take down notes about what they are currently
> offering?
> 
>  Been meaning to check Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, but haven't lately had
>  time.

On Friday, I visited the Sunnyvale Fry's Electronics.  They appear to no
longer carry boxed sets of any Linux or BSD distribution.  They do have a
number of books about individual Linux distributions that each have 
bundled optical media with (grossly outdated) Linux distros on them.

I'll attempt to check Palo Alto, too.





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