Huawei Reportedly Shipping Cheaper MateBook Laptops With Linux in China
Sep. 12, 2019As per the report, the Linux models have been priced 300 yuan (around Rs. 3,000 / $42) cheaper than their Windows counterparts. The devices are identical with one another in terms of their hardware, although the Windows key on the keyboard is replaced with a ‘Start’ key in the Linux devices.
Interestingly enough, Huawei’s distro of choice isn’t one of the biggies in the Linux world, like Ubuntu or Mint, but instead, the company is usinga debian-based operating system called ‘Deepin’that’s developed by Chinese tech firm, Wuhan Deepin Technologies.
There’s not a lot of info about whether Huawei wants to launch Linux-powered MateBook devices outside of China, but even if it does, it is likely to choose a more well-known distro rather than something that’s largely restricted to China.
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