Mandriva 2007.1 on HP TX1120 tablet
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| Came pre-installed with Vista Home Premium.
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| First: Vista is awful! Ick!
|
| Second: Mandriva 2007.1 installs and runs really nice on this, with a
| few caveats.
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http://linsec.ca/blog/index.php?/archives/120-Mandriva-2007.1-on-HP-TX1120-tablet.html
It would be intersting to see if Microsoft encourages Linux hostile hardware
to be put in 'Vista ready' PCs.
Related:
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
| To: Jeff Westorinen; Ben Fathi
| Cc: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
| Subject: ACPI extensions
|
| One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try
| and make the "ACPI" extensions...
|
| It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the
| work and the results is that Linux...
|
| Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
|
| Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not
| the others even if they are open.
|
| Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/px03020.pdf
Low-cost student laptops to run Mandriva Linux
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| Mandriva, the France-based Linux distributor, will have a
| version of its Mandriva Linux 2007 pre-installed on Intel's
| new low-end laptop for students, the Classmate PC.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4146178789.html
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