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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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  2. 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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  3. 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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