Ink outfit HP has decided that Brits don't want Linux on their nice new shiny netbooks.
The firm has dropped Linux as an OS option for the latest netbooks in Blighty and quite a few European countries.
The HP mini 1000 was supposed to hit the shops this month, but it seems the British are stuck with the designer, premium-priced Vivienne Tam edition. This means that they will have to shell out £450, a huge chunk of which will go to stick Windows XP under the bonnet. The very nice Ubuntu Linux version will only appear in the US.
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