2007-08-08

Lenovo laptops now with Linux

Weer een fabrikant die pre-installed Linux laptops gaat leveren:
August 7, 2007 - 11:36AM
Lenovo Group, the No. 3 personal computer maker, says it will introduce a broad line of Linux laptops, the strongest endorsement to date of the open-source software by a major PC maker
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Lenovo said it would offer a wide selection of low- to high-end machines be loaded with Linux software from Novell Inc.
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Lenovo's announcement comes three months after the world's second-largest PC maker, Dell, started mass marketing three PC models loaded with the Ubuntu version of Linux, allowing customers to choose it over Windows.
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Microsoft was not available to comment.

Reuters

zie ook: Automatisering Gids, Lenovo levert Linux voorgeïnstalleerd

Update, meer nieuws en achtergrondinformatie:
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