Amazon Starts Selling High-Quality $199 Linare PC.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003 Linare Corporation, an integrator of software and hardware focused on the Linux platform, is pleased to announce its partnership with online megastore Amazon.com, which will sell its fully loaded Linare PC for $199.95. The Linare PC uses a 1.3 Ghz AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. processor. It has 128 MB of RAM, 30 GB of hard-drive space and Ethernet Interface. It also includes a keyboard, mouse and speaker. This PC comes with Linare Linux which includes powerful Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. , KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. , Open Office software (word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , spreadsheets, drawing and presentation tools), games, Internet access See how to access the Internet. , multimedia and other utilities. "The Linare PC gives desktop users everything they need and more," says Chief Executive Officer Soma soma (sō`mə), psychotropic plant, the juice of which was sometimes drunk as part of the Vedic sacrifice (see Veda). Many hymns in the Rig-Veda are in praise of soma. Sundaram. Purchasers also have access to Linare's 24-hour, seven-day-a-week technical support phone line, and will find Linare's Linux-based platform to be very user friendly. Sundaram said that he is very pleased about the partnership. "This is a big win for Linare, and Amazon's 30 million customers will now be able to purchase a highly reliable, fully loaded PC at a very low cost," he said. For more information on this press release, contact Jill Beaverson-Dietz at 877-77-LINUX or media.relations@linare.com. Linare Corporation is an integrator of software and hardware focused on the Linux platform. This technologically advanced operating system allows users to execute business and personal computing in a much faster, easier and cost-efficient way. The company also offers systems-integration services to help customers easily build and maintain Linux-based applications. Linare Corporation has international presence, operating in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.linare.com |
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