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One giant step closer to the Google Linux desktop

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Google still isn’t saying publicly that they’re going to deploy Android as a desktop Linux, but HP, ASUS, and other major computer makers are apparently in talks with the company about deploying Android on netbooks

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Satjiv Chahil, a vice president in HP’s PC division, declined to comment on whether the world’s largest PC maker will sell either netbooks or smartphones running Android but confirmed that HP is “studying” the free operating system.

Woo-Hoo!

We already know that Android will work as a desktop operating system, because it’s already been done. And, it was done not by some hackers whose second language is C++, but by a pair of journalists. If we can do it, anyone can do it. 🙂

The usual response to the idea of a desktop Linux from Ubuntu, Novell or Red Hat or anyone else is a loud cry of ‘nonsense,’ from the Windows crowd. Android, however, is different.

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