Purchasing a Linux PC

[David Lloyd]

Walter,


Walter McLendon wrote:
> I am new to this list. I have been interested in trying Ubuntu and found
> that WalMart stores in the USA will be selling the Everex TC2502 gPC for
> $199 but our local WalMart in my hometown in Texas will not be carrying it.
> It has the ITX motherboard with a VIA C7D 1.5GHz CPU.
> Newegg.com carries it at
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description
> =everex&x=16&y=34

Whilst it is not Ubuntu, have you thought of loading Damn Small Linux:

  * http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

...onto a thumb drive and seeing if the store staff will allow you to 
boot the proposed laptop using a DSL image? If DSL goes too slow, then 
Ubuntu isn't likely to be any faster given that DSL specifically 
attempts to run on almost anything including resource starved devices.

You could take a CD of an Ubuntu Live in.


DSL

(ps: I'm not associated with Damn Small Linux despite my initials :P)