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HP Selling Systems With Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wish-this-wasn't-remarkable dept.

jeffy124 writes: "We were all very upset last August when Dell discontinued selling Linux on their machines. Good news - HP's picking up the slack. They're shipping machines pre-installed with Red Hat 7.1. Unfortunately, checking their website shows that only business machines will have a Linux option; home machines are still WinXP only."

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  1. Umm.... by RMSIsAnIdiot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Unfortunately... home machines are WinXP only."

    You say this like you actually think that Linux has more than a snowball's chance in sorry Hell to succeed on the desktop.

    While you're at it, I have a bridge in New York I want to sell you...

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