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HP Will Offer Customized Linux in Notebooks

Posted by Zonk on from the why-don't-we-get-it? dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "According with Tom's Hardware, HP is working with Ubuntu to offer a customized GNU/Linux version that works 100% - wireless, bluetooth, IrDA, IEEE1394 - with HP hardware. This offer will be restricted to Europe, Middle East and Africa. The CD includes free support through online resources as well as paid support through Canonical, the developer of Ubuntu."

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  1. Re:Free world omly, folks by dabigpaybackski · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    That's "pantywaist," to be correct, but frankly, all of this flaming is a, ahem, "waste" of time.

    As an indignant, INDIGNANT (*clears throat*) American bystander to this flamefest, I must convey the exact nature of my indignation; that is, that "Republicanism," a doctrine attributed to a certain political party, is a fear of individual initiative. No, no, no. I can't let that slide. Republicanism, to distinguish the doctrine from it's supposed adherents, is the belief in a government strictly limited in its powers to the ones allocated to it by a rigid code of laws.

    The ones nowadays calling themselves "Republicans" are about as far from this doctrine as the militants calling themselves "Christians" are from the teachings of the world's foremost pacifist.

    --
    "OH SHIT, THERE'S A HORSE IN THE HOSPITAL!"
  2. Re:GNOME by Lucid+Interval · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I think that GNOME is a nice transition for somebody who has never used Linux before. If they're "copying a full recursive subdir from FTP" or even if they're into it enough to want to change their PDF reader (xPDF being the default), they will know enough to be able to install KDE. There are plenty of reasons to criticize GNOME, but this doesn't make much sense in context.