The computer maker follows rival Dell in becoming another major manufacturer to offer some models with Linux out of the box. The move comes as many enterprises have begun to consider how, when and even if they're going to move to Microsoft's Windows Vista.
Novell and Lenovo, the world's No. 3 PC manufacturer, have inked a deal to pre-install the Linux operating system (OS) on certain Lenovo ThinkPad notebook PCs, the two companies announced Monday at LinuxWorld, held this year in San Francisco. Lenovo will also provide support for Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED), Novell's open source OS.
