Eschewing its own SUSE Linux, Novell Inc. said today that it will back Intel Corp.'s Moblin Linux in the fast-growing market for netbooks and smartphones.
Novell is creating a version of Moblin for netbooks that it will help market to PC manufacturers through a new design lab in Taiwan, where most netbooks are made.
The deal is somewhat of a surprise. Novell has had moderate success getting PC makers to install SUSE Linux. Lenovo Group Ltd., MSI Computer Corp. Hewlett-Packard Co. and First International Computer Inc. all have netbook models shipping with SUSE Linux.
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