Lenovo Delivers SuSE Linux-Based ThinkPads

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 12, 2008 @09:26PM from the another-nail dept.

angryfirelord notes a DesktopLinux article on Lenovo's promise to deliver ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the week of January 14. Quoting: "Lenovo will release pre-installed SLED 10 on its Intel Centrino processor-powered ThinkPad T61 and R61 14-inch-wide notebooks. In February, Lenovo's pre-integrated Novell Linux offering will expand to include some Penryn-based ThinkPads. The starting price for this system will be $949, $20 less than the same laptop with Vista Home Premium."

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Re:MS tax by Moonpie+Madness · 2008-01-12 21:41 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I guess IBM might have more expenses getting Suse on these things than Vista (per laptop, since these don't scale like Windows).

If that's not the case, then this $20 savings isn't acceptable to me. If you're using Linux, you need to know how to install Linux. So like you say, let's see some unformatted hard drives or a totally free OS.