Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st May 2007 13:08 UTC, submitted by Jack
After yesterday's unconfirmed rumour about Ubuntu being pre-installed on Dell machines, it has now become official. In a joint statement released today, Dell and Canonical announced that Dell will now offer laptops and desktop computers pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux 7.04. The computers will be sold via Dell's web site, said Canonical's director of operations Jane Silber. "We have worked with Dell to get Ubuntu fully supported and fully certified on Dell hardware," she said. "Ubuntu has the full endorsement of Dell." Update: Ubuntu Linux 7.04 Feisty Fawn review by Extremetech.
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2006-01-01
I'll buy a Dell laptop if (and only if) every hardware component supports Linux and also iff the Ubuntu version is cheaper than the version that comes with Windows. "No Windows tax" will be the decisive marketing point for me. Yes, I'm a Linux (and BSD) supporter but the price is always the most important factor (along with Linux-support) when I'm buying hardware.
Nevertheless, I'm going to wipe Ubuntu off from the hard drive as soon as I can and install Debian Lenny/Sid instead as my preferred operating system. :-D