OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/18761/Interview_John_Hull_Linux_Manager_at_Dell Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:45:52 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Go get yours :-) http://osnews.com/thread?277924 http://osnews.com/thread?277924 I bought an inspiron 1420N from www.dell.com/ubuntu and I love it. I think buying the computer preinstalled with your favorite distro is a very good way to show your love for the OS you use.
Beside that, the laptop comes with a menu entry in grub that redeploys the preinstalled ubuntu installation made by dell in case you mess up yours. That's the only dell specific thing I've seen on the laptop. Beside that, it just works...I know dell preinstalled some driver stuff of I don't know what but for linux users like me that want a linux distro with minimum hassle, I found that a prefect fit. Open the box, turn in, use. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (guignome) Comments RE: Go get yours :-) http://osnews.com/thread?277944 http://osnews.com/thread?277944 I also bought an Inspiron 1420N. But here in Malaysia, Ubuntu is not offered pre-installed. So I settled for one with FreeDOS OS.

It wasn't that much cheaper compared to the one offered with MS products. But hey, I'm happy I'm not contributing to the treasure chest at Redmond ;)

Dell Linux Engineering team has also remastered a copy of the Ubuntu 7.04 Live CD, and it's available for download.

http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_7.04#Dell_Remastered_Ub...

Thanks for the love DELL ;) Edited 2007-10-12 16:08 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Buffalo Soldier) Comments Nice Interview http://osnews.com/thread?277950 http://osnews.com/thread?277950 Wow. I just read that interview. It was believable and articulate. I think both the questions asked were mature and relevant, and his answers were great. Not a lot of hype and a lot of solid realistic answers.

It once again gives me real hope for consumer Linux, unlike the half@$$ed stuff we have seen over the last couple of years from both Dell and HP.

I am one of the people that wanted to buy a Dell laptop a few years ago with an AMD processor and ended up with an HP NX6325 with all sorts of problems (Google it...all the problems were on mine too...fans, wireless, et cetera)...

If they can master wireless and still pop an AMD chip in their laptops, I am so there in 2 or 3 years when I am once again in the market... Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hibridmatthias) Comments RE: Go get yours :-) http://osnews.com/thread?277972 http://osnews.com/thread?277972 Did they supply you with a recovery disk in case HDD fails; if not, did they offer that for a small charge?
I really hate OEM leaving one life support for me in case of disasters. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hraq) Comments Bought an Ubuntu XPS system http://osnews.com/thread?278000 http://osnews.com/thread?278000 I recently bought an Ubuntu XPS system from Dell. It's a nice machine. It's only about $50 or so more then building it myself, and it works out of the box.

I have also installed OpenSuse 10.3 on it and that works good as well. It's nice to see the major vendors supporting Desktop linux, it's been about 10 years of desktop linux and it's nice to see progress. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bullethead) Comments RE[2]: Go get yours :-) http://osnews.com/thread?278023 http://osnews.com/thread?278023 There was an ubuntu CD in the box :-). I wonder if it's the normal ubuntu or if it's the dell remastered edition though. I haven't tried it. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (guignome) Comments Dell Gutsy http://osnews.com/thread?278035 http://osnews.com/thread?278035 I'd like to see this across the board. I had to do a little hacking to get Gutsy working 100% on my D630 but it was worth it. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gdanko) Comments Where is Dellbuntu in continental Europe? http://osnews.com/thread?278091 http://osnews.com/thread?278091 Hi Mr. Hull, thanks for being very sympathetic..
I'm a very patient person.. but does it really have to take so long to launch Dellbuntus in Europe?

regards,

herman
(from the Netherlands, the most Microsoftified nation on the face of the planet. Save the neediest first! ;) ) Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (h3rman) Comments RE: Where is Dellbuntu in continental Europe? http://osnews.com/thread?278098 http://osnews.com/thread?278098 Dell Ubuntu PCs are currently available in three localisations in Europe: English, French and German.

I expect that other localisations will follow next year, most probable candidates IMHO are Italian and Spanish. Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anda_skoa) Comments RE: Where is Dellbuntu in continental Europe? http://osnews.com/thread?278276 http://osnews.com/thread?278276 Why aren't they selling those laptop with ubuntu pre-installed in Canada ?

Is this because the market is higher in Europe than in Canada ? Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (holywood) Comments RE[2]: Where is Dellbuntu in continental Europe? http://osnews.com/thread?278307 http://osnews.com/thread?278307
Is this because the market is higher in Europe than in Canada


The European market is even bigger than the US market, though more complex due to a lot of different localisations.

Additionally, due to EU intra-trading agreements, customers can buy from shops in a different country, thus already reaching quite a large portion of the population with just three shops.

While Canada also has some trading agreements with the US, they do not seem to include this kind of provisions. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anda_skoa) Comments