Drivers and software for Linux assemblers

Man, this must really have Microsoft steamed. According to The Inquirer, Intel is going to be working hard to make the ‘big push’ with China and India in order to get them onto the Linux bandwagon.

Makes sense to me, but this is not something that I have heard that much about. Intel, Linux? IBM I can see as a logical ‘pusher of Linux’, but Intel really through me for a loop.

Chip giant Intel is making a concerted attempt to push the Linux OS in China and India, countries with citizens numbering over two billion.

Intel, according to the Wall St Journal, is offering a package called Quick Start Kit for Linux to distributors which includes a number of software drivers to support a range of PC peripherals.

While Intel has been a long time supporter of Linux in the server sector, it has largely maintained that it’s not quite ready for the desktop.

The provision of software drivers is interesting because in the past Intel has greatly assisted launches of Microsoft Windows by helping to provide large chunks of the OS.