Fujitsu Lifebooks, UMPC certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
This news out of Fujitsu is interesting: the LifeBook U810 UMPC, LifeBook T2010 and P1620 Tablet PCs and Lifebook S6510 notebook are now YES certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. It doesn't appear that you can order these devices with SUSE Linux from Fujitsu just yet; all of the systems are showing with Microsoft Windows XP or Vista. I'm wondering what this will do for to the price of these units since a quick check on the Novell site shows a SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 license to be $50 a year; you can get a 3-year license for $125.
Aside from the licensing and cost structure, since three of the four certified devices are Tablet PCs, how much of the Tablet PC functionality is still there? I'm not a SUSE Linux owner, so chime in if you are. I'd be curious to know how feasible this option really is.
(via Laptoping)
From the press release (though it's not very obvious), it says they've entered into an agreement with EmperorLinux to distribute these Linux-based models. EmperorLinux currently distributes Lenovo and other models as well. It's not up on their website yet.
Posted by: Thomas R. Hall | March 24, 2008 at 04:54 PM