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Huawei Replaces Windows with Linux on New Laptops

In accordance with the US trade ban, Huawei will stop working with Microsoft Windows and use Linux in its PCs.

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's problems with the United States government have been well documented. US companies are forbidden from trading with the Chinese company once a 90 day reprieve is over. Thirty days into that reprieve, Huawei has announced its laptops will now run as an operating system.

Under the US trade ban, Huawei will not be able to access services and 's Windows. The company has already embraced its own Harmony OS to replace Android.

Luckily for Huawei, the company does not need to develop its own system for PC. That's because there is an open and free OS readily available, Linux.

In China, Huawei is already selling its MateBook 13, MateBook 14, and MateBook X Pro devices running the Linux platform. Deepin is being used as the distro, a Chinese fork of the Debian distribution.

While some quarters are billing this as bad news for Microsoft, the impact does have limits. Certainly, Huawei has a large footprint in China and would be Microsoft's best chance of spreading in that marketplace.

However, across the world Huawei is not a major PC player. Indeed, the company lags behind companies like Asus (6), Acer (5), Apple (4), Dell (3), HP (2), and Lenovo (1) as the world's largest PC manufacturers.

It is worth noting owners of existing Huawei laptops will continue to have Windows updates.

Microsoft Support

Interestingly, Microsoft has shown support to Huawei against the trade ban imposed by the US government.

Microsoft President and chief lawyer Brad Smith said the treatment of Huawei by the U.S. government has been “un-American”. In the summer, Microsoft joined with gaming rivals Nintendo and Sony to protest Trump's Chinese tariffs, including Huawei. In the letter, the gaming giants (considered the “big three” of the industry) say U.S. tariffs placed on China will harm the console industry.

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Luke Jones
Luke Jones
Luke has been writing about all things tech for more than five years. He is following Microsoft closely to bring you the latest news about Windows, Office, Azure, Skype, HoloLens and all the rest of their products.

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