Of Interest: Linux Mainstreaming // Pre-Loaded Linux Workstations(fwd)

["Richard H. Fifarek" <rfifarek@som.siu.edu>]

Subject: Of Interest: Linux Mainstreaming // Pre-Loaded Linux Workstations

Major Reseller Now Offers Pre-Loaded Linux Workstations            02.12.99
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  Raleigh, NC -- One of the country's top marketers of OS/2 hardware and
software products today introduced Atlas, a pre-loaded Linux workstation
designed for individuals and organizations that need a system offering more
stability and configurability than other popular operating systems.

  Indelible Blue, Inc., a reseller of OS/2 and an IBM/Lotus direct channel
partner, broadened its Linux selection with the announcement of Atlas, a
workstation pre-loaded with Red Hat Linux version 5.2. The workstation
enhances Indelible Blue's continually growing line of commercially available
Linux application software and development tools.

  The name Atlas comes from the character in Greek mythology that carries
the sky on his shoulders, representing great strength and stability.
Indelible Blue's system is designed to carry the weight of most any
computing task with the highest degree of stability and performance.
Preloaded with Red Hat Linux version 5.2, Atlas comes in a variety of Intel
processor and hard drive configurations (IDE and SCSI), and all models come
standard with 128 megs of synchronous DRAM, 40x CD-ROM, sound card, and an 8
meg Matrox Millenium video card. Prices start at just under $1,300.

  For businesses or individuals requiring more than one computing
environment, multiple operating system pre-loads are available (Windows
98/Linux, Windows NT/Linux, and OS/2/Linux), leveraging Indelible Blue's
years of experience in custom OS configurations.

  Future Linux hardware plans include servers configured for specific duties
such as firewall and IP routing. Indelible Blue is also considering pre-
loading Linux on IBM ThinkPads as soon as additional hardware support is
available. More information on Atlas is located at www.indelible-
blue.com/hardware.

  The addition of the Atlas workstation into Indelible Blue's Linux
selection allows businesses of any size to easily target or migrate systems
to the Linux platform, and reap the undisputed benefits of this flexible,
powerful, scalable, and reliable enterprise desktop and server operating
system.

  "Our goal with Atlas was to build a Linux system that is ready to run out
of the box. With Atlas, you can begin work immediately instead of having to
work on the operating system itself," says Buck Bohac, president of
Indelible Blue, in Raleigh, NC. "I also feel comfortable saying that we are
probably the only company offering OS/2 and Linux pre-loaded on the same
machine."

  For more information visit http://www.indelible-blue.com/


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