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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. Is it that time of year? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yep, March 14, the day every year that we proclaim, "I THINK THIS IS IT THIS IS TEH YEER OF TEH LUNIX!!1!!"

    Mark your calendars, same prediction next year.

  2. Linux v. XP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The article mentions that some of the machines come with XP or Linux. So how much less is the Linux version?