Instant Linux Desktop

Lacie, a computer peripheral manufacturer of Shiji message, launched a mobile hard drive with a Linux operating system installed with MandrakeSoft on Thursday (August 26.

Microsoft may not want to see this happen: Mandrake Linux will use this method to expand to every hard drive manufacturer, thus increasing its market share. If the Mandrake Linux operating system can be expanded to more hard drive manufacturers, they will have the opportunity to change the market landscape.

The "Globetrotter" mobile hard drive provided by the manrakelinux 10.0 operation can be inserted into the USB interface of any computer, you can change a computer that uses other operating systems into a Linux desktop computer without making any changes to the system. Globetrotter mobile hard drive can store 40 GB of data, including applications and personal settings. These hard disk pre-installed software includes the office software "OpenOffice" and the integrated personal information management software "KDE kontact" and "Novell evolution ".

The mobile hard drive will be available at the end of August, priced at $219, and provides 30-day online technical support.

Francois bancilhon, CEO of manrakesoft, said in a statement that in addition to computers, the current market lacks equipment to load a full set of work environments. Globetrotter's mobile hard drive is exactly like this.