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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2006-01-12
It happened long time ago. Fact is that most big and medium size companies don't use pre-installed OS, they already have service style OS contracts. In this field Linux has been alternative long time.
What this more tells is that HP and other manufacturers are willing to spend some money to create Linux support service for public. It's important because ones they have base of support ready it's easier to expand and we will see more products with Linux option.