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LinuxPlanet: Desktop Linux–What Happened, And What Didn’t, In 2006

“First of all, what didn’t happen in 2006? Once again, major
OEMs turned away from offering Linux pre-loaded on to laptops.
Although some had anticipated that Lenovo might break new ground in
this way, the company’s announcement at LinuxWorld held some
surprises.

“Lenovo’s T60p is enabled to run Novell’s SLED (SUSE Linux
Enterprise 10)… But the PC is being sold with a blank hard
disk.

“But other things did, in fact, happen this year on the Linux
desktop front, although sometimes later in 2006 than originally
anticipated.”

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