Well, last week started out with a bang thanks to Monday’s announcement of the new, Debian-powered CherryPal PC. That the low-power machine runs Linux is, of course, good news. The twist is that users won’t even see it, because the entire user interface is presented through Firefox. Multiple forums immediately picked up the news, and most bloggers seemed to be skeptical. “The problem with this device is that it isn’t that much cheaper than a full budget PC that will whack this into the ground,” wrote bestinshow on Slashdot, where more than 350 comments had appeared by Friday.
