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HP unveils its first Linux laptop
Wednesday, 4 August 2004 18:45 EST

Hewlett-Packard Co. yesterday began shipping its first notebook computer to come with the Linux operating system preinstalled.

The Compaq nx5000 was unveiled at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo here during a keynote speech by HP's vice president of Linux, Martin Fink.

"This is the year that Linux overtakes the Mac on the desktop, and maybe my laptop will help accelerate that," Fink said.

Industry research firm IDC in Framingham, Mass., said it believes that this has already happened. "Linux captured the No. 2 spot as desktop operating system in 2003," said IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky in a recent interview.

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