Moderators invis Posted September 17, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 17, 2019 Huawei has launched a new range of its popular MateBook series of laptops powered by Linux but unfortunately, you'll have to be in China to pick one up. The launch of the last MateBook in the US was canceled following the US government's decision to add the Chinese networking giant to its Entity List alongside other companies that are banned from trading with the US without a special license. Now Huawei has released a new, slightly cheaper, version of its MateBook 13 which runs the Chinese made Linux distro, Deepin. The device is physically identical to other MateBooks which run Windows except for the fact that the Windows key now reads “start”. Microsoft says Huawei ban is 'un-American' Huawei fixes MateBook software following vulnerability Huawei unveils the future of file-sharing Linux-powered MateBook Those interested in picking up a MateBook running Deepin can do so directly from Huawei's vMail portal in China. There are a number of possible reasons why Huawei decided to launch a MateBook running Linux. Perhaps the company is trying to move away from US-based operating systems on PC just as it is trying to do with HarmonyOS for Android or maybe it thought a Linux-powered MateBook would be a good way to use up unsold hardware from the canceled US launch. As Deepin is a flavor of Linux based in mainland China, don't expect these new Linux-powered MateBooks to arrive in the US anytime soon. Though we could possibly see a MateBook running Ubuntu or Mint launch in the US in the future if there is enough demand. https://t.me/Invisssss https://discord.gg/PvPTrye https://www.instagram.com/invisman_/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huat Zai Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Honestly, if it's cheaper then a Windows laptop, I'll buy it and format it with Linux Mint... 1 1 Official Mugentech Minecraft server: Please see thread in Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, Huat Zai said: Honestly, if it's cheaper then a Windows laptop, I'll buy it and format it with Linux Mint... agree....since it come stock with linux then it should be able to run well on it also... sad news for windows since they are building linux kernel in their distribution as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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