HP has launched its first pre-installed Linux notebook PC at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, labeling the release a "coming of age" for desktop Linux.
Hewlett-Packard will be the first major PC maker to offer a Linux-based notebook computer, the company announced at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. The Compaq nx5000 business notebook PC will be preinstalled with Novell's SuSE Linux 9.1, along with OpenOffice, CD-R/RW support, DVD and media player, wir...