Fwd: HP offers pre-configured Linux desktops

[Rick Tomaschuk]

HP offers pre-configured Linux desktops

By Phil Hochmuth

If you're interested in rolling out Linux-based desktops but not 
interested in building the boxes yourself, new PC offerings from 
HP may be the answer.

HP has announced two desktops that can be ordered with 
Mandrake 
Linux, and offer a list of hardware features that should provide 
more than enough horsepower for most business applications.

The Compaq dx2000 PC is a microtower that can be shipped with 
up 
to a 3 GHz processor - either an Intel Celeron or Pentium 4 
processor. The box can accept up to 1G byte of memory, with four 
DIMM slots, and can come with up to 80G bytes of hard drive. 
Eight USB 2.0 ports are included for peripheral connections.

The other Mandrake-based PC is the Compaq dc5000, a step up 
from 
the entry-level dx2000, with support for 4G bytes of SDRAM 
memory, and supports up to hard drives as large as 160G bytes. 
Either Celeron or Pentium 4 chips are also an option on these 
PCs. The dc5000 is available in either a microtower or 
small-footprint form factor case. Both the dx2000 and dc5000 PCs 
offer tool-less entry for opening the cases to upgrade hardware.

The dx2000 and dc5000 can be shipped pre-installed with the 
Mandrake 9.2 Linux operating system. The operating system 
features a choice of KDE or GNOME desktop environments, the 
Mozilla Web browser, and applications such as OpenOffice and 
KOffice  - open source personal productivity suites, with word 
processing, spreadsheets and presentation software. GIMP, an 
open-source graphics creation tool, is also included. Open 
source tools such as Samba, for sharing files between Linux with 
Windows machines, and OpenSSH for IP traffic security, are also 
part of the Mandrake package.

The dx2000 is available now from HP resellers, starting at $490. 
The dc5000 is also available now starting at $600.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

HP and Linux
http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/index.html

IBM and Linux
http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/

Dell and Linux
http://linux.dell.com/

Sun and Linux
http://wwws.sun.com/software/linux/
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