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HP Shipping Turbolinux HP in Asia

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-an-ocean-away dept.

An anonymous reader noted that "Turbolinux just announced they will be distributing TurboLinux 10 Desktop with HP's Compaq business Desktop PCs in 12 Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. "

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  1. Linux in Thailand by myownkidney · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The uptake of Linux with Thai computer users is truely mindboggling. I think with the advent of LinuxTLE(Thai Language Edition), more and more computer users are moving away from Windows to Open source.

    Quite suprising considering used to be is easy to find illegal software in Thailand.

    I think HP is making the right choice by taking advantage of the situation. And with the CEO-Prime Minister Thaksin tipped to win the next election, things will only get harder for pirate software vendors.

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    1. Re:Linux in Thailand by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Did the stricter policing of pirated copies of Windows enable Linux to gain popularity?

      Or did the vendors realise that more people were buying LinuxTLE, and so the risk involved in pirating Windows outweighed the benefits...?

      Asia is a big market for Microsoft to lose out in, and it'll be interesting to see what happens when they have to compete with others.

    2. Re:Linux in Thailand by RoLi · · Score: 4, Interesting
      Asia is a big market for Microsoft to lose out in, and it'll be interesting to see what happens when they have to compete with others.

      As soon as they really have to compete, the have already lost.

      Why?

      Because what does Windows offer? It's being established, it's having great support from 3rd party software makers, it's having great driver support, etc.

      As soon as Linux overcomes the initial barriers and becomes real competition, it's over because Windows has lost all the advantages, but still retains the disadvantages (being expensive, having EULAs that can be changed anytime, being forced to upgrade, etc.).

      And that's exactly the reason why Microsoft desperately tries to stop the beginnings of Linux on the desktop.

  2. Re:Earthquake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Financial Times Article: HP to install Linux in Asian products

  3. To heck with Asia... by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ...when can I see a decent HP (or other big OEM) laptop w/ Linux pre-loaded for sale here in the US!? (yep, I know about the third-party laptop guys, but you just try and buy one Dell, HP, or etc. laptop with Linux, and not XP, pre-loaded on it...)

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  4. Great but... by 3cents · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's always good to see linux being adopted elsewhere but I worry about HP's commitment to helping the opensource community. It looks like they sponsor a few project here but thats seems like a far cry from IBM's investment in open source. So my question is this. Do you think HP is simply profiteering off the backs of generous open source developers or are they doing enough as is?

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    1. Re:Great but... by arivanov · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The contribution of Compaq has been always considerable. For example Compaq RAID adapters remain one of the very few to be properly integrated in the Linux block device layer and not go through a lame SCSI emulation. They have also been reasonably consistent in terms of shipping documentation and linux friendly hardware. HP has always been the complete opposite. The fact that HP was one of the last platforms to have a linux port while Alpha was the first after x86 is selfexplanatory. So frankly dunno... Time will tell...

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  5. Re:...or desktops for that matter... by MooKore+2004 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here

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  6. Gee something sponsored by HP relating to linux by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 4, Informative
    mmm, well there is this. Does that count? It is a little project called the kernel. Some linux fans seem to think it is important.

    Grep it for HP and Compaq. Now grep it for IBM.

    So I would say HP is as committed as IBM. Both have something to gain by linux. They just have different ways of going about it. Yes that Linux add is nice. Helping making the kernel available for free is also nice.

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  7. HP recommends windows XP by nileshbansal · · Score: 4, Informative

    Although HP is selling some Turbolinux installed systems in India, all their ads(in newspaper) show "HP recommends MS windows XP". They are selling preinstalled-linux just to save XP's license fee, which they otherwise have to pay if they sell windows pre-installed machines.

  8. New Desktop 10 from TL by towatatalko · · Score: 4, Informative

    One may wander why Turbolinux and not say Red Hat is being shipped by HP and it seems they are just picking the strongest player there. TL had strong presence in Asia from its beginnings even though they had to close their US offices in July 2002 due to the mismanaged capital they had. They kept going in Asia and so now are apparently the most recognized Linux brand there. Their new desktop product in version 10 had no reviews amongst Linux analysts, I wonder if someone had the chance to try that distro recently.

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