PC vendors want to sell you desktop Linux
It used to be that finding a PC with pre-installed Linux was harder than finding a needle in a haystack. Now, though, all the major PC vendors are offering Linux-powered PCs.
Last week, for example, Dell announced that it was selling PCs with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu 8.04 installed. What they didn't point out was that Dell will soon be offering Ubuntu Linux on six different systems, including its forthcoming UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) Dell E line. In the past, Dell usually offered Ubuntu on no more than three systems.
Even HP, perhaps the slowest of the major vendors to come to terms with the Linux desktop becoming an attractive option to customers, is now offering Novell SLED 10 SP2 pre-installed on its two of its new UMPC models: the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC (KX869AT and HP 2133 Mini-Note PC (KR922UT).
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