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I just saw an ad by a viral marketing agency thisventviral.net that sell a 16GB USB stick with an os image they call Xtra-PC for 29,60.
I immediately noticed that it seemes to be a simple USB boot stick with a Linux distro with a Windows like ui and OpenOffice and other software pre installed.
They guy took out his CD drive bay an claimed that he removed the hard disk. While odd his clames about faster speeds are obviously true because microshaft windows and office are bloated pieces of shit.

So this leaves me in the odd position that a viral marketing scam selling you over priced USB sticks and an image you probably could find for free, also makes people adopt Linux instead of the bloated shit. And that with people that won't notice any of the downsides of using Linux.

Wired position, should I hate them or should I commend them for theire unintended efforts spreading Linux desktops?

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  • 3
    3y
    Hard to know if their intentions are good.
  • 8
    3y
    In which world does openoffice start faster than ms office?

    That's not only technically paradox.
  • 2
    3y
    I wouldn't say recent office versions start slowly, but they sure are bloated and have a load of other issues
  • 2
    3y
    Depends on whether they put malware on that stick too.
    If not and the stick just contains some mainstream distro, the product wouldn't even be overprized because it allows people with light technophobia to try Linux.
  • 2
    3y
    depends on what distro and other software, but I'm pretty sure they're breaking license agreements by selling it.

    sometimes even bundling it is enough.
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