__/ [ BearItAll ] on Wednesday 21 March 2007 11:53 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Related:
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>> HP considering factory-loaded Linux desktops and notebooks
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>> | Management at HP has commented on the situation, saying they are
>> | considering offering standard systems with a preloaded distro of
>> | Linux, which would be an industry first for desktops and notebooks
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http://www.techspot.com/news/24571-hp-considering-factoryloaded-linux-desktops-and-notebooks.html
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> Linux on a HP is great. Knocks socks off all of the other Linux laptops
> I've used, though I must say that the Sony did give me years of trouble
> free computing, the Sony had Suse9.3 on it, I'm sure it would have taken a
> 10.x but I didn't do it simply because 10.x wouldn't have added anything to
> the machine.
>
> For the HP I had a go with Freepire first, it was nice, but I wanted more
> of the server side on this machine because I need to be able to take it
> away with me to sites and work on the local machine before putting my code
> or what ever onto their server, so I popped OpenSuse on it, gads this
> machine is good. The display is mega clear and sharp, speed is very good,
> Sound is erm, as tinny as sound on a laptop always is (not too bad with
> headphones on though).
>
> I suspect that HP will select, or give the option of, Novell or Redhat
> because that is where much of their input into Linux is based, so you can
> assume that OpenSuse and FDC{what number are those guys up to now, is it
> 45?} will go on nicely.
>
> A while ago HP were heading very close to a preinstalled Linux, but changed
> it to a do-it-yourself, I think they were a little timmid with it because
> you would come across someone raving about Linux on a HP laptop or desktop,
> only to find no mention of it on the HP site. There are plenty of mentions
> of Linux from a server or HP supported product point of view though.
>
> I hope HP go ahead with this, and be bold about it HP you can't lose,
> because it will definately mean that Linux has the best of the laptops,
> these machines are fantastic, they will sell.
They could definitely be pressured to offer Linux options in Europe.
French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software
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| The consumer protectionists of the French organization UFC-Que Choisir
| are demanding of the IT group Hewlett-Packard and the vendors Auchan
| and Darty that they offer PCs without preinstalled software.
|
| [...]
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| UFC-Que Choisir last year also took action against Sony and Apple,
| taking the two companies to court for allegedly putting their
| customers at a disadvantage through proprietary DRM technologies
| and curtailing their choice of devices.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82605/from/rss09
French consumer group attacks PC software bundling
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| UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
| practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
| using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
| dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu
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