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HP announced that it will begin certifying and supporting a desktop version of Novell's SuSE Linux software, called SuSE Linux Professional, by the second half of the year. HP already supports SuSE Linux on its server products; and in certain regions, it sells desktop systems with Linux from a variety of Linux vendors, including MandrakeSoft SA and Turbolinux. Under the terms of the new agreement, however, SuSE Linux will become HP's standard worldwide Linux distribution across its line of business desktop and notebook PCs.
IBM can now preload SuSE Linux Enterprise Server across its full range of servers, including EServer ISeries, PSeries, XSeries and ZSeries, and its EServer BladeCenter systems, Novell said on Wednesday. Novell will continue its development and support of SuSE Linux on IBM's servers, it said.
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