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HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux

Posted by michael on from the first-hit's-free dept.

iswm writes "HP has supposedly been selling MandrakeSoft Linux on the desktop for a while but has been so quiet about it that for all intents and purposes it's been a stealth operation. That's all about to change, with two new Linux desktops ready for rolling out by HP to the North American SMB market, both boxes to be sold with Mandrake Linux."

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  1. Don't trust HP. by DAldredge · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is the same hp the bought 70 Million in GS5's while laying off thousands.

    This is the same hp that is forcing it's workforce to take vacation during Christmas 2004 because the company will close for a week to save money.

    This is the same hp that, while bidding on large US goverment contracts, makes statements like 'American's have no God given rights to jobs'

    Don't trust them, almost everything HP does is for the enrichment of the CEO and other highlevel execs. The workes and shareholders come last.

  2. Stability isn't a problem. Bugs are. by nlinecomputers · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I use Mandrake as my main distro and it is very stable. The only issue with drake is the bugs. Little things like killing CD-ROM drives, screwed up menus, non bootable boot CDs...

    Mandrake is very pretty to look at and can be user friendly but only when it works right. The 9.X and 10.X distros I've been afraid to show to newbies. 10.X been out a week or so and already 400MB of patches!

    Now I just show a newbie the retail copy of SuSE. It is better, works with lots of hardware, and is very stable.

    Mandrake is often more cutting edge. 2.6 Kernel and so forth but Cutting Edge often means you bleed.

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