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Lenovo Preloading SUSE Linux on ThinkPad

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tux-to-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop. It's finally happened! Lenovo has made a deal with Novell to preload SUSE Linux 10 on its ThinkPad T60p mobile workstation. Ironically, in June, Lenovo was in hot-water with Linux fans because an executive had said that the company would no longer support Linux on its ThinkPad line. But the company did a quick about-turn. Who knows, maybe Mr. Dell will finally get the message, too?"

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  1. Re:First post by joshuapurcell · · Score: 3, Informative

    Lenovo never said that it wouldn't be supporting Linux on its Thinkpad line... it is just as much of a misquote now as it was then. The guy interviewed was a someone who didn't have anything to do with their Thinkpad brand, and was in fact talking about another Lenovo product (although I don't remember what product that was).

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    Joshua Purcell
  2. Preloaded Lenova by joshsnow · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you lived in the UK, you can buy a Lenova/IBM thinkpad with linux preloaded already, from here

  3. Like IBM's Linux T20 by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 3, Informative
    For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop. It's finally happened!

    2647-L1U. It was done a long time ago.

    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/quickPa th.do?quickPathEntry=2647-l1u

  4. Dell did this 5 years ago by pyros · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dell was selling Latitude's with Red Hat pre-installed in the late nineties, lasted until at least 2002, then they canceled it due to lack of customer interest. I hope Lenovo sees better results (they should given how much Linux has improved since then).