__/ [ Michael Soibelman ] on Saturday 05 August 2006 01:10 \__
> Rajko M. wrote:
>
>> houghi wrote:
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>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7778908329.html
>>> Sweet.
>>>
>>
>> Indeed.
HP may be up next. it already does this in some countries (e.g. laptop South
Africa), albeit with distros like Ubuntu or Linspire.
HP To Certify Suse Linux For Notebooks
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| Hewlett-Packard will ensure that the operating system works on several
| of its notebook models by year-end.
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| [...]
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| Lance Stevens, software product marketing manager for business PCs at
| HP, said he expects that HP would eventually preload SLED 10 on desktops
| on a custom-order basis.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190301147&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
The latter part refers to desktops.
> Hopefully it will be well configured (software) and will be the first of
> many more such offerings... It's just a shame they (Novell) have decided
> to use Gnome as the default though. I don't think they asked there users
> about there preference regarding this decision. I don't mean to detract
> from this announcement. I just prefer kde as I'm sure most users here will
> agree.
You can wipe SLED and install SUSE 10.2, which contains the best of both.
There will, on the other hand, be a need for 'tinkering' (codecs and stuff)
and licence for SLED is paid for in vain.
> Anyway, this is good news. Seems to be relevant to the poster who is doing
> that survey about Windows to Linux migration..
This serves a a precedent. This gives Levono/IBM a competitive edge that
others will have to evolve to cope with... through imitation.
Best wishes,
Roy
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