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HP Releases Its First Mass-Market Linux PC

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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RE[3]: Actually, no.

by Arno on Fri 31st Aug 2007 07:01 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Actually, no."

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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.

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RE[4]: Actually, no.

by porcel on Fri 31st Aug 2007 12:16 in reply to "RE[3]: Actually, no."

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2006-01-28

Not everyone is an accountant, a graphic artist or an architect.

And there are some very real engineering CAD programs that run on Linux.

If you are not a graphic artist, and many who think they are, are nothing but kiddies with a pirated photoshop, krita and gimp do plenty for you.

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RE[5]: Actually, no.

by sbergman27 on Fri 31st Aug 2007 15:57 in reply to "RE[4]: Actually, no."

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2005-07-24

Actually, the lack of FOSS business accounting software is a big, ugly hole in our stack. Not everyone is an accountant. But most people have a job. Working for a company. And that company need to do payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general ledger... at minimum.

And we have nothing to offer.

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