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HP’s new–kind of, sort of–Linux support

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Still, that’s nothing compared to finding HP’s desktop
Linux support. For example, several new HP laptops and netbooks
come with Splashtop instant-on Linux, but you have to dig around
the fine-print to find that out. HP has also offered SLED (SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop) on some low-end business PCs like the HP
Compaq dc5850 from time to time, but that appears to no longer be
the case. Now, HP is-kind of, sort of-offering support for several
of the more important community Linux distributions.

“At the Linux Foundation’s LinuxCon, Bdale Garbee, HP’s Linux
CTO, announced, almost in passing, that it was opening a new Linux
support site, Community Linux. Well, except it’s not really a HP
site.”


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