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A surge in demand for netbooks is helping drive business for Linux, as the devices are designed to be low cost with smaller storage, according to Novell Inc.'s chief technology and strategy officer for Linux. "People typically don't care what operating system is on the netbooks, because they don't buy them to run a suite of applications like Microsoft Office but to be on the Web using a Web browser," Novell's Nat Friedman said in an interview. Novell's SUSE Linux is already being preloaded with laptops from vendors including Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd. The company is now in negotiations with Lenovo and HP to start offering its Linux distribution on their netbooks as well, he added.

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