desktoplinux.com— The holy grail of the Linux desktop has finally happened! Lenovo Group, the company that acquired IBM's ThinkPad line, is going to preload SUSE Linux on its ThinkPad T60p mobile workstation.
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I like them for some of the littler things. Some don't even have an annoying touch-pad, and they never force you to use it. The keyboards usually have the INS/HOME/PGUP etc. keys in the right place.
Plans are great, but the press is hitting the fan *today*. Today is when everyone is going to the site and seeing no sign of Linux, shrugging, and going to another vendor. Do you think that they will come back in two weeks to see if anything changed?
This is great news, but still just a first step. The T60 is nice but kinda heavy.I think I'll still pay Emperor Linux the extra 400 bucks or whatever to get myself an X41 tablet with everything working perfectly out of the box. The time it would take me to get all that stuff working would be worth way more than 400 bucks.
@beiberI have been using Linux professionally and privately for a decade now. I am familiar with HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, most of the BSD?s I have helped administrate large (40 server+) HP-UX Unix environments for AT&T Broadband (Comcast now) Previously was a NT Administrator of a 100+ windows environment on of two senior SA?s for the entire Windows investment company wide, a 20 server Solaris environment at BEA, Solaris and HP-UX at ICG Communications and currently help Admin a 200+ Global Windows Environment coupled with a handful of AIX Servers for one of the largest Swedish medical companies. I am considered a Senior UNIX Systems Administrator and a Senior Windows Administrator. So yeah I have used a Unix OS before maybe not an Ub3r 733t Ubuntu install like yours though. The difference is I don?t regurgitate all the Linux Zealotry like you and many others here do..i know better.
thepxcAug 5, 2006
I like them for some of the littler things. Some don't even have an annoying touch-pad, and they never force you to use it. The keyboards usually have the INS/HOME/PGUP etc. keys in the right place.
Closed AccountAug 5, 2006
Plans are great, but the press is hitting the fan *today*. Today is when everyone is going to the site and seeing no sign of Linux, shrugging, and going to another vendor. Do you think that they will come back in two weeks to see if anything changed?
gmorganAug 5, 2006
I imagine the problems with Ubuntu were the need to use a CLI at some point (the number one complaint).
raindog469Aug 5, 2006
This is great news, but still just a first step. The T60 is nice but kinda heavy.I think I'll still pay Emperor Linux the extra 400 bucks or whatever to get myself an X41 tablet with everything working perfectly out of the box. The time it would take me to get all that stuff working would be worth way more than 400 bucks.
mrkamikazeAug 6, 2006
@beiberI have been using Linux professionally and privately for a decade now. I am familiar with HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, most of the BSD?s I have helped administrate large (40 server+) HP-UX Unix environments for AT&T Broadband (Comcast now) Previously was a NT Administrator of a 100+ windows environment on of two senior SA?s for the entire Windows investment company wide, a 20 server Solaris environment at BEA, Solaris and HP-UX at ICG Communications and currently help Admin a 200+ Global Windows Environment coupled with a handful of AIX Servers for one of the largest Swedish medical companies. I am considered a Senior UNIX Systems Administrator and a Senior Windows Administrator. So yeah I have used a Unix OS before maybe not an Ub3r 733t Ubuntu install like yours though. The difference is I don?t regurgitate all the Linux Zealotry like you and many others here do..i know better.
bicepJul 12, 2007
@bicep previous posting...Whoops, did I Biff up the links even though I tested them about 15 times.. Support for SUSE Linux mentioned on the Lenovo site here:<a class="user" href="http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/t-series/workstation.html">http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/t-series/workstation.html</a>ANDEmail your requests/complaints (I asked for Ubuntu) for pre-Installed Linux and support for Distros other than SUSE here: <a class="user" href="http://www.lenovo.com/scripts/contact/contact3/us/en">http://www.lenovo.com/scripts/contact/contact3/us/en</a>