Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Aug 2007 19:25 UTC, submitted by netpython
"Lenovo, the world's No. 3 PC maker, said on Monday it would start selling laptop computers preloaded with Linux software from Novell instead of Microsoft's Windows operating system." Ars Technica has more on the announcement. "ThinkPad customers will soon have a new configuration option, as Lenovo and Novell have announced that the popular laptops will begin shipping with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED) preinstalled. Although the ThinkPad has been certified for Linux for some time, this marks the first time Lenovo will ship a laptop with Linux preinstalled - while providing both hardware and OS support." Lenovo is the third big name to sell consumer computers with Linux installed (after Dell and Acer).
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2006-07-30
I agree. When Novell first signed with Microsoft, I basically said - well... Suse is definitely out of any future consideration for me.
On the plus side, we have the world's No. 3 PC maker selling Linux. In the grand scheme of things, this is much better than being just another Windows vendor with no competing alternative OSes.
In the end, it'll be alot easier for users (enterprise, soho, home) to transition from any version of Linux than from Windows2Linux. Have to give this move a thumbs up. It's hard to believe that in just the last few months 3 major vendors (Dell, Acer and now Lenovo) will be selling Linux PCs/Laptops. So far... it hasn't been a bad year for Linux.