Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th May 2006 20:03 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Eighteen months after shipping, AMD's Personal Internet Communicator, aimed at lowering the cost of computing so half the world could enjoy Internet access by 2015, apparently still doesn't run Linux. It now appears the design may actually be rigged to block the use of Linux.
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2005-07-02
...it doesn't seem to be AMD's decision, but rather the decision of AMD's "customer", in this case Radio Shack (the article isn't that clear on that subject).
Apparently, there was a PIC running Linspire at last years's Linux Desktop Summit, so it's definitely possible. I wonder if it would be possible to just flash the BIOS in order to allow Linux to install? After all, if you bought it, you should be able to do so legally...