PC Manufacturers Finally Embracing Linux, Sort Of

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Aug 19, 2007 5:32 AM EDT
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Dell and Lenovo are the first two companies to recently offer pre-installed open source Linux distribution on PCs and notebooks, but I highly doubt they will be the last manufacturers to take the plunge. According to both Dell and Ubuntu, the customer response over Linux products has been "overwhelming." Maybe it is due to Dell being the first to take a chance, or maybe Ubuntu's popularity is translating to better interest in Ubuntu pre-loaded on Dell products. Although Lenovo and Novell SUSE aren't as popular as Dell and Ubuntu, I hope they see the same interest in their product line.

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Lenovo's Linux Follow Up...vote someone? henke54 5 1,459 Sep 10, 2007 5:29 AM

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