In some areas of the world, Hewlett-Packard is winning business selling custom PCs with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled. But now, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth is on record stating that HP and Canonical are not — I repeat, not — discussing any deals to preinstall Ubuntu on HP systems. Bummer.
Here are thoughts from Shuttleworth on Dell’s expanding plans for Ubuntu as well as a Shuttleworth’s statement about HP. Oh, and here’s a sample of the type of business HP is doing with Ubuntu – even without a preinstall relationship in place.
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August 13, 2007 at 3:46 pm |
[...] Contact the Webmaster Link to Article linux Bummer: HP Not Prepping Ubuntu PCs » Posted at All About Ubuntu on Monday, [...]
March 14, 2008 at 2:10 pm |
[...] On the HP front, The VAR Guy last year reported that HP planned to pre-load Ubuntu on some desktops. Those reports turned out to be false, but HP some major HP customers have deployed Ubuntu-based desktops. [...]
March 14, 2008 at 2:47 pm |
[...] On the HP front, The VAR Guy last year reported that HP planned to pre-load Ubuntu on some desktops. Those reports turned out to be false, but HP some major HP customers have deployed Ubuntu-based desktops. [...]