HP South Africa has brought a range of Linux-based notebooks to the local market, it announced yesterday.
The HP NX 6110 notebooks, aimed at home and small business users, will run the Linspire version of Linux.
"Of the many versions of Linux we tested we found Linspire the most simple to use," says HP`s Linux Product Specialist Sean Owen-Jones.
Initial discussions seemed to suggest that Ubuntu would be the best Linux distribution, he adds.
He emphasises the ease of use in the latest Linspire: "The `click `n run` software management suite makes it very simple to load applications - which has not always been the case with Linux."
HP has seen great interest in the product since it first announced its intentions to launch Linux-based notebooks into the SA market late last year, says Owen-Jones, adding that if uptake is good, HP will look at offering a similar enterprise product.
The Linspire machines will be sold through selected resellers rather than retail channels, notes Jason McMillan, HP product manager at Tarsus.
"We aren`t distributing the machines through the retail channel because very often the sales staff in retail don`t have the skills or experience required to sell and support a new product like this," he says.
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