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HP Announces Support for Debian Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the helping-hands dept.

Bain writes "PC World reports that HP is to offer support for Debian Linux on its ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers. Support will be provided by HP telephone operators rather than the discussion-group method that current Debian users rely on. The move to support Debian continues HP's relationship with the community-based OS, which stretches back to 1995."

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  1. Other Debian distro's? by crunch_ca · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Does that include support for other Debian distributions (like Ubuntu)? What about testing and unstable? The article is pretty light on what's actually covered.

    Still, good for HP.

  2. Re:hooray! by Red+Flayer · · Score: 3, Interesting
    it will help give Linux a more serious look for the PHB out there..
    Now why am I imagining some ominous music and a fade to black?

    I feel very, very bad for the poor folks answering the help line in 3-4 years when there are hundreds of small companies without someone who knows what they are doing. You think helpline support for Windows is bad? Wait until you've got to help someone who's only ever used Windows with their Debian install. And no, you can't tell them to RTFM.

    /shudder
    --
    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  3. Re:define "support" by KokorHekkus · · Score: 3, Interesting
    HP can barely handle the point and click associated with RHEL and Windows. I'm at a loss as to who in that company is going to support Debian. I know it's surely not their L1 or L2 phone techs.

    Only time will tell I guess but they do have the know-how in the company... since Debian is used as an internal development platform for Linux and they also host one full primary mirror site.

    HP also has a handful of employees that are Debian developers.

    Source:http://opensource.hp.com/opensource_project s.html