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Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest PC manufacturer, has announced it will start selling Linux-based PCs from $AU600 in Australia.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop will come pre-loaded on the HP dx2250 desktop computer -- an AMD-based model. The PC itself comes with a range of AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core, Athlon 64 and Sempron processors. “With the cost of proprietary systems continuing to rise, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop minimises acquisition and ongoing deployment costs, leaving more money and resources for other high-value projects and tasks,” said Max McLaren, General Manager at Red Hat in Australia and New Zealand, taking a clear dig at Vista.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop also comes with OpenOffice preinstalled, Firefox for web browsing and Evolution for email . Red Hat will also offer Level One, Level Two and Level Three technical support for the solution.

One disadvantage to Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program which forces Windows users to verify their software as "not-stolen" in order to receive certain patches and updates including Internet Explorer 7 is that Microsoft's WGA server is not as highly reliable as Microsoft likes to advertise.

When Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage server--presumably also running Windows--goes down, as it did this weekend, users attempting to verify their copy of Windows are automatically treated as counterfeiters and their Windows software goes into a “reduced functionality mode.”

For Windows Vista users, that means the new Aero window appearance--Microsoft’s copy of Mac OS X’s Quartz--is turned off, reverting Vista Ultimate into plain old Windows XP.

Even XP users are affected by the WGA failure, so the problem affects more than just the few who shelled out hundreds of dollars for the Vista upgrade. But most embarrassingly, Vista users are experiencing significant performance gains from the crisis, as disabling Aero graphics--the most obvious new feature in Vista--has resulted in users reporting a huge boost in performance.

Scratch that, I mean the new Google Mobile OS platform is nearly ready for public consumption. Well, to be honest, nothing has actually been confirmed, but it looks like we are getting closer to the truth.

According to a recent report on Engadget, Google's mobile device platform is well on its way, and will be announced in the very near future. Google writes the software, hardware partners build the devices. Wired also think the GPhone myth is alive. They speculate that the GPhone is a device that 'runs a modified version of the Linux kernel and has GPS built in', and will have tight integration with existing Google apps like Maps, Calendar and Docs and Spreadsheets.

It remains to be seen whether Google can truly add value in this space, or whether they should continue partnering with OS manufacturers to better integrate their services into existing platforms. What do you think? Would you buy a GPhone?

Vista's been something of a flop. I know it. You know it. Even in Bill Gates' secret sanctum hidden underneath his mansion they know it. Businesses, in particular, aren't about to touch Vista for corporate desktops until they get SP1. Guess what? They're not going to be getting it anytime soon.

On Aug. 29 Microsoft finally admitted that they have been working on Vista SP1 over the summer. For some reason--perhaps they hoped people would buy an unfixed Vista?--Microsoft wouldn't fess up to getting SP1 ready even though secret beta copies of it had been floating around the Internet for several weeks.

Before Microsoft lovers start singing the praises of their corporate overlords, though they should know that they aren't going to be seeing fixes for Vista's multiple problems anytime soon.

Microsoft told Microsoft Watch top watcher Joe Wilcox that a limited release of the Vista beta will go out in a few weeks to Microsoft's friends and family. Then, maybe in 2007, it will go out to MSDN and TechNet members. After that it might be RTM (released to manufacturing) in the first quarter of 2008. Finally, sometime in 2008, you'll get a chance to upgrade to Vista SP1.

That, of course, presumes that Microsoft can hit a deadline. Let me put it this way. By the time Vista sp1 is out, Linux will have made its way.