HP first major PC maker to launch Linux-based notebook

**trickster** · 08-04-2004, 11:48 AM

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...657EDT0259.DTL

**coltrane** · 08-09-2004, 03:46 PM

HP laptops are already Linux friendly, no big surprise here

**cloverm** · 08-09-2004, 04:21 PM

The big surprise is not that it runs Linux, but that it will be supported by HP if they sell the laptop preinstalled with it.

**coltrane** · 08-09-2004, 05:58 PM

agreed

**Compunuts** · 08-11-2004, 12:55 AM

I doubt anybody who is running Linux will need HP's techsupport ( and you all know how some techsupport can be at times ). If they make sure their hardware are supported, then it would not be a problem.

Plus, HP would only support SuSE Linux which is not very common in US.

**coltrane** · 08-11-2004, 03:10 PM

I have Suse 9.1 on my laptop, runs better on the laptop than it does on the PC

**Compunuts** · 09-12-2004, 08:23 PM

What's your lappy specs?

I'm thinking of acquiring PII 300 Toshiba Tecra for cheap. But I'm thinking that unless it's either at least 1 GHz or more, it would crawl with SuSE 9.1.