Wal-Mart have decided to drop the “Green gPC” Linux based low cost desktops from it’s stores. However the gPC will still be available through walmart.com

“This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for,” said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien.

Consumers today are not into low end PCs which was the whole idea behind the “Green gPC”. Consumers are favoring up to date hardware specs bundled with alternative OS like Linux as seen with ASUS’s Eee PC range of products.

What is gPC?

Source: Yahoo

A new O’Reilly webinar is coming soon.

Carla Schroder, author of the book “Linux Cookbook” will be presenting. She will be talking about GUI based secure remote administration via the Linux desktop. Some of the key points covered will be;

1. Running remote graphical applications. For example the Oracle installer which requires X.

2. Common administration tasks via popular Linus desktop environments like KDE or Gnome for example.

3. Remote helpdesk, similiar to remote assistance in Windows .

4. Administration of windows based machines from the Linux desktop. Most likely RDP clients.

The webinar is scheduled for the 19th of March at 17:00(GMT) which is 1am Malaysian time(GMT+8). Register quick as seats are limited.

For all KDE fans out there like me, KDE 4.0 is out!! It has been 11 years since the beginning but KDE 4.0 now marks the beginning of a new era for the KDE desktop environment. “New and improved”

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