http://www.osnews.com/story/13343/Mandriva_HP_To_Ship_Linux_PCs_in_Latin_America Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2010, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:47:02 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?87206 http://osnews.com/thread?87206 This is a good show for Latin America being able to get PC's with Linux. Now, as alwasy, I am still wondering when these options will be available in the US? If it can be done in other countries, it can be done here as well.

Edit: Corrected spellingEdited 2006-01-18 19:51 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrillSgt) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87215 http://osnews.com/thread?87215 I'm not an expert in Latin America (I just live there ;-), but certainly, there are about 20 countries in Latam, not 37.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America

I hope that this initiative is applied in the 87 states of US too. Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (alejandro) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87224 http://osnews.com/thread?87224 HP already sells some PCs (mainly notebooks) with Linux on them. I know there is an model that comes with Ubuntu (can't find the link in their store) but I found a laptop that comes with SuSE 9.1 (they really need to update it to at least 9.3)

It's the 'business' model, but the difference is minimal from the consumer model.

Check here: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/321957-64295-89315-32... Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Unbeliever) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87230 http://osnews.com/thread?87230 Thanks for the link. I did not know they had any, so I guess that is a start. I was talking more along the lines of being able to order a standard consumer PC with Linux pre-installed. In the US they already have a partnership with Suse, so I would think it would not be that hard. Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrillSgt) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87240 http://osnews.com/thread?87240 Of all the desktop oriented distros, Mandriva seems to be the one most likely to succeed in the long run. For one, they are already profitable. Two, they are growing. Three, they are expanding their markets (Connectiva purchase, the enterprise server market, distribution with hardware OEMs, and services). Four, they have a business savvy CEO in François Bancilhon. Five they have a tech savvy CTO in Gael Duval who's enthusiastic about Linux, open source, and making the best distro possible. Six, they have a talented development staff. Seven, they have a large, loyal, and enthusiastic community.

Mandriva remains one of the my favorite distros (along with Ubuntu, Mepis, and pure Debian). I'm glad for their continued success. Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JeffS) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87287 http://osnews.com/thread?87287 Alejandro is right. They probably mean every single country in South and Central America + The Caribbean. But still, 37?

Aside from that, this is great for us down here! Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (leo prieto) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87308 http://osnews.com/thread?87308 In countries where you can get pirated Windows copies for $5 it is really hard to compete. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Mitarai) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87316 http://osnews.com/thread?87316 did they include texas, porto rico, and canada by accident? Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (re_re) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87328 http://osnews.com/thread?87328 Thanks for the nice words, but on a point of accuracy, Gael isn't our CEO. He's currently in charge of the new Community project. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87329 http://osnews.com/thread?87329 CTO, I meant, not CEO. Gael isn't either of those things.

How the hell do you edit posts here? Everyone else seems to know the trick, but I don't. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87335 http://osnews.com/thread?87335 You click edit, it appears where "Reply" is on everyone elses posts.

I'm not sure, but I think it may dissappear after you restart your browser. Nope, it's still there.Edited 2006-01-19 04:51 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ma_d) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87345 http://osnews.com/thread?87345 did they include texas, porto rico, and canada by accident?

Texas(Lots of mexicans in the south and a lot of spanish)
Porto Rico?(You must mean Puerto Rico mostly spanish speaking)
Canada(French Canadians perhaps?)

Now seriously, I hope they at least included Puerto Rico in the list. If that's the case then it would be the reason to be glad it's a Teritorry instead of a State(Well that and the beauty pageants)

BTW: I'm not an expert in that Island, I just live there and prefer.Edited 2006-01-19 05:27 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (joelito_pr) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87352 http://osnews.com/thread?87352 The Edit link disappears after some time, like 10 minutes or so. Enough for fixing typos and formatting, but OTOH users shouldn't be able to change their comments after the discussion moved on.

Good work by the OSNews devs, IMHO. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (cm__) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87356 http://osnews.com/thread?87356 You can get Windows from the Internet in any country.

Anyway, even in places where most consumer desktops have unlicensed copies of Windows installed there's a good market for Free software companies. Microsoft is good at getting governments to go after companies using unlicensed copies of Windows, and the bigger the company the smaller the chances of running unlicensed software are.

Also, in these countries the push for Free software is greater as there are more people pushing for it. I'm not going to type here about this but you can google for free software and social movement. One example is a recent program from the Brazilian government where low end computers will get tax benefits (as well as better loans for consumers) if they come with Free software installed. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (thebluesgnr) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87364 http://osnews.com/thread?87364 Either I'm really dumb and blind, or it's broken for me. I don't remember ever seeing it say edit, even one second after I post. Let's see what happens with this one... Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87365 http://osnews.com/thread?87365 OK, it says "Reply" on the main page, but if I _click_ on the reply and get to the reply page, it says "Edit" there. Huh. Hardly intuitive...is it meant to say Edit on the main page? Is it somehow broken for me? Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?87417 http://osnews.com/thread?87417 Also, in these countries the push for Free software is greater as there are more people pushing for it. I'm not going to type here about this but you can google for free software and social movement. One example is a recent program from the Brazilian government where low end computers will get tax benefits (as well as better loans for consumers) if they come with Free software installed.

Yes, this project is "Computador para Todos" (Computer for All)

http://www.computadorparatodos.gov.br/
(in portuguese) Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (visconde_de_sabugosa) Comments