On Thursday 03 July 2003 03:03 pm, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > Yes, I do work for HP on the deskjet linux team. I am the inkjet support > person for HP. Trying to do lasers too. > > Anyway, also wanted to mention... Not sure if this is confidential or not > but... Word inside for HP/Compaq laptops is the majority of the platforms > will be Linux certified, but will not be preinstalled. > This is fantastic news. I will be in the market for a laptop shortly and I have been leaning towards Dell because there seems to be some success with them, but if HP/Compaq laptops will be Linux certified, that means there is a good chance there will be no ACPI problems and things liek modems and nics should work easily. I will keep my eye out and if this is true, I will be the first in line to buy one.
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