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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Member since:2006-01-10
"Although I'd disagree with the "all the software you need" comment, I do believe it has all the software the majority needs. But some folks will still be stuck with windows only apps."
People often forget that there is no real autocat alternative, no Adobe Creative Suit alternative and no good bookkeeping program.
This ain't possible without support of a commerical company, it's too big or too boring to do at home.
Member since:2005-07-06
They have no game, no instant messaging (you can lock it easier than on Windows because coworkers don't know how to install that stuff without having the admin password).
Never heard of group policy have you?
Overall, Linux = More productivity for companies, less bucks and less headaches.
That's your opinion and may not hold true in all cases.
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2005-06-29
There's nothing wrong about being forced to use Linux at work, especially the distros that are being offered (SuSE, Ubuntu, RHEL). They are less pr0n to viruses, they have all the software you need (Office suite, Evolution, Web browser). They have no game, no instant messaging (you can lock it easier than on Windows because coworkers don't know how to install that stuff without having the admin password). Overall, Linux = More productivity for companies, less bucks and less headaches.