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HP To Sell PCs With Mandrake 9.1
theoddball writes "HP just announced a new PC model (HP Compaq d220) that's available preloaded with Windows or Mandrake 9.1. The machine appears to be targeted to business users, although it's on the lower-end of the scale - specs are here. Mandrake also has a press release announcing the deal, which will grow to include four other HP models. Is this a sign that top tier manufacturers are taking Linux more seriously, or at least seeing a profitable niche?" We commented on MandrakeSoft's status update yesterday.
Maybe other manufacturers and consumers will realize that windows is superior to linux in just about every way possible.
> Maybe it's news because Mandrake is seen as more of a desktop distro than RedHat (though it also forms a very capable server)
I disagree, I use Redhat 9 every day as my primary workstation and I have to say that its quite capable as a desktop as well. Granted you have to re-enable mp3 playback and install a few applications, but when its all setup and ready to go I'd rank it up there with Mandrake. And when you take the fact that its not a French product, you have a winner!
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hehe, trying use use Linux on my laptop would be a total fucking disaster. And I'm the tech guru in my office group (of software developers...)
We all use high-end laptops that aren't supported very well to start with. Not to mention ALL of our projects are aimed at people who use Windows on an institutional level.
Sometimes, I wonder if Linux cheerleaders have any experience outside the comptuer labs.