Will HP Do a Linux Distro?

Published on October 29th, 2008

Posted by John C Dvorak in Technology

LinkedIn to support an app platform for no known reason.
Xbox 360 to hook into the new Netflix streaming. It will be HD!
Ozzie says Azure is an Operating System as a Service.
HP in the news with netbook stories and perhaps an HP Linux!
Windows 7, they say, will be perfect for notebooks.
The Twitter as a terrorist tool continues.
New one millimeter thick OLED.
Samsung doing OLED HD monitor.
Sony profit falls.

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Right click here and select ‘Save Link As…’ to download the mp3 file.

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# 1 QB said, on October 29th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

They skipped Office 13 since it’s unlucky.

# 2 Jägermeister said, on October 29th, 2008 at 5:46 pm

Buying services from MS… no thanks. There are alternatives. When you think about it… Imagine the enormous combined power of all idle computers in the government… put them to work for the people. After all, they’re paid for by the tax payers.

# 3 Jägermeister said, on October 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

#1 – QB

Vista is number 6 and it’s been pretty unlucky…

# 4 Eric said, on October 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

Just what the world needs, another distro. Why the heck doesn’t HP just release good stable open source drivers?

# 5 QB said, on October 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

True enough Jager. Actually version 3 of products has really been unlucky for MS (Word, Server, Sql Server, etc).

# 6 Rob said, on October 29th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

What the?
The link for the podcast, at the bottom of the post, is missing.

If I go to the Tech5 site it starts the player and then stops while displaying “now loading from btpodshow.com” then not doing anything. If I click the start button it proceeds to change the player ‘look’ and still does nothing.

The older reports, on your blog and on Tech5, still work fine.

# 7 speter said, on October 29th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

the link for the post is often missing, it never seems to buffer correctly either.

ALL I WANT IS A CONSTANT WORKING LINK TO DOWNLOAD IT PLEASE!

i cant get on the net outside lunchtime so this is vital to my 5 minutes of technews

# 8 GregA said, on October 29th, 2008 at 11:01 pm

Using Vista 64 plus IE 7. Works4Me TM;)

# 9 green said, on October 30th, 2008 at 5:31 am

uhhhh…. HP-UX?

# 10 The Monster's Lawyer said, on October 30th, 2008 at 6:06 am

“Linux is almost ready for the desktop.” – circa 1995

“Linux is almost ready for the desktop.” – 2008

“Linux is almost ready for the desktop.” – 2025

# 11 mthrnite said, on October 30th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

I’m in the market for one of those new LOL’ed panels.
(ok, he didn’t quite say that, but close enough for me.)

# 12 Chris Mac said, on October 31st, 2008 at 12:23 am

Back on Monday. Musta pre taped the last 2.. time to fire some staff

# 13 pedro said, on October 31st, 2008 at 1:56 am

#10 hehehehehe. Sooo true.

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