Lenovo to Sell, Support Linux on ThinkPads

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 6, 2007 @07:08AM from the march-of-the-distributions dept.

Pengo writes "Lenovo has announced that they will begin selling T-series ThinkPads with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 pre-installed beginning sometime during the fourth quarter. In addition to supplying the hardware support, Lenovo will also handle OS support for ThinkPad customers, with Novell providing software updates. 'Unlike Dell, which has targeted its Linux offering primarily at the enthusiast community, Lenovo's SLED laptops are targeted at the enterprise. Whether they are running Ubuntu, SLED, or some other distribution, the availability of Linux pre-installation from mainstream vendors increases the visibility of the operating system and gives component makers an incentive to provide better Linux drivers and hardware support. If Lenovo is willing to collaborate with the Linux development community to improve the Linux laptop user experience, it will be a big win for all Linux users, not just the ones who buy laptops from Lenovo.'"

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Finally! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-08-06 07:10 · Score: 5, Funny

2007 is the year of Linux on the desktop!
1. Re:Finally! by Mac_D83 · 2007-08-06 07:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Nope RTFA :-) 2007 is the year of Linux on the laptop!
Re:about time! by teh_chrizzle · 2007-08-06 07:36 · Score: 4, Funny

They announced this exactly a year ago!

and they'll announce it again exactly a year from now! it's like festivus... we do it every year!

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Re:about time! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-08-06 09:50 · Score: 1, Funny

The sound of millions of Microsoft-hateing geeks masturbating...