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Linux tablet PC breaks $1,000 barrier

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On December 1, 2003, 10:25 PM

A small PC maker and a Linux distributor have teamed up to offer a tablet-style PC for $999, hundreds of dollars less than similar devices running Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition software.

The device runs on a 1GHz Antaur processor from Via Technologies, includes a 30GB hard drive and uses a customized version of the open-source Linux operating system put together by Lycoris, a Seattle-area company that specializes in dressing up Linux with a user interface similar to Microsoft's Windows.

Read more: [URL=http://news.com.com/2100-1005_3-5112309.html?tag=nefd_top]CNet News[/URL].

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