Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Aug 2007 22:13 UTC
Ending months of rumors, Hewlett-Packard appears to have released its first mass-market PC with pre-installed Linux. Specifically, the company will soon be selling RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Desktop 5 on its HP dx2250 PC to Australian customers. HP, long a staunch Linux supporter both on the desktop and the server, had never offered a pre-loaded desktop Linux. There have, however, been many rumors in recent months that HP was on the verge of announcing a business Linux desktop with SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10 SP 1, Ubuntu 7.04, or RHEL Desktop 5, or its delayed desktop Linux brother, Red Hat Global Desktop.
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2006-11-24
Just because two big vendors are offering it doesn't mean that its the much-hyped YOLD all of a sudden.
Rather, I'm only seeing two generic enterprise desktop distros being offered by two long-competing generic multi-factor computer manufacturers, and nothing else.
Maybe I'm not giving this the amount of time that this move needs to settle in, but the offering of Ubuntu and RHEL for enterprise-exclusive desktops is only further enforcing a stereotype that Linux only belongs (and works best) in the airtight cloisters of the corporate world, namely, the server room and the cubicle.
This doesn't bring it that much further into contact with the home desktop, which Linspire tried to target (and ultimately failed). Now, instead of being forced to use Windows at work and Mac at home, the new explanation will be "forced to use Linux at work, can't wait to use Mac and XP (gaming) at home."
But does this stroke a few egos? Yes, and rightfully so.