Here's one that's bound to get your blood boiling: Teacher confiscates Linux CDs, claims no software is free. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of this middle school teacher's email queue today. I love this quote from her email:

At this point, I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful. These children look up to adults for guidance and discipline.

Best Buy now has the Eee PC in stock. Both the Linux and XP versions are $399. It appears that the Linux version is only being offered for purchase online.

Here's some bad news for those of us who support GNU/Linux: Wal-Mart removes Linux PC from store shelves. They'll still sell them online, but the "tepid response" from customers just didn't warrant the shelf space for these $200 PCs. Curious, really. Reminds me of Orwell's Road to Wigan Pier, where the poor people were opting to buy expensive (and less wholesome) canned milk when there was plenty of fresh milk available at a much lower price. A status thing?

Digg reports that Walmart's new $199 gOS Linux desktop PC is getting good reviews over at Walmart (note that it is currently sold out). Anyone can take the gOS for a test drive if they'd like without purchasing the Walmart machine.

I suspect that the number of reviews over at the Walmart product pages is more viral Linux promotion on the part of Linux advocates than actual product purchaser/user reviews. It certainly suggests the potential of user reviews for marketing and is related to the shift in marketing predicted by IBM's new report, The End of Advertising as We Know It. It's worth reading the exec summary PDF of IBM's report; IBM's analysis is heavily influenced by the effects of multimedia and digital technology use.