Novell, the company behind SUSE Linux, has announced that Dell will begin selling computers with their SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop* operating system pre-installed later this year in China.

Dell has been selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed for a while now and this expansion of their Linux offerings seems to show that they believe there is a significant demand for Linux on desktops beyond just Ubuntu.

*Novell is best know for three products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and OpenSUSE. The first two are commercial, the third is not.

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