[Tech] Lindows fornisce supporto per i processori Intel Centrino

La distribuzione Linux di Lindows.com per sistemi laptop, LindowsOS LE (Laptop Edition), è in grado di sfruttare le caratteristiche dei processori Centrino, specificamente studiati da Intel per il mercato mobile-wireless:

Desktop Linux software maker Lindows.com released on Thursday a version of its operating system featuring support for Intel's Centrino chips for wireless notebooks.



The software package arrives the day after Intel promised to begin offering Linux versions of the software necessary to use its chips at about the same time that it releases comparable Windows support.



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That announcement, which signified an about-face in Intel's Linux policy, was made at least partially in response to complaints from the open-source community that the chipmaker had yet to debut software or specifications allowing Linux users to tap into Centrino, which has been on the market for almost a year. Prior to Intel's change of heart, Linux users could use the wireless technology only by wrapping a Linux interface around a Windows software module.



Lindows added the Centrino support to its LindowsOS Laptop Edition software and said it expects laptop computers preloaded with the operating system to reach the market in about a month. Computer makers already shipping notebooks with Lindows software onboard include Microtel and Taiwan-based Elitegroup. Among the benefits of the release, the software maker predicts, will be lower-priced mobile computers featuring Centrino chips.

Fonte: News.com.