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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Aug 2007 06:25 UTC, submitted by JK

The Acer Aspire 5710Z has gone on sale in Singapore pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows. Ubuntu is currently one of the world's most popular and easiest-to-use Linux distributions. But a spokesperson for Acer told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that the company - one of the world's top laptop manufacturers - had 'no plans' to sell any Linux-based systems in the UK. "[Acer models] with Ubuntu pre-loaded are available at the factory level. However, there is no demand for it in the UK. Therefore, those configurations are not an option [for UK customers] at the moment," said the spokesperson.

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RE: Well

by Al2001 on Wed 1st Aug 2007 12:22 UTC in reply to "Well"

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2005-07-06

Source?

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RE[2]: Well

by ichi on Wed 1st Aug 2007 13:47 in reply to "RE: Well"

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2007-03-06

http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7159701171.html

No actual sales figures, but "have exceeded expectations".
That and the announcement from Dell that they'll be expanding the linux line suggest they're not doing bad at all.

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RE[3]: Well

by Al2001 on Wed 1st Aug 2007 17:37 in reply to "RE: Well"

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2005-07-06

AFAICT that is referring to what's happening in the US market, don't think their available in the UK, are they?

The UK is obviously a much smaller market a business model that is workable in the US isn't neccesarily going to work
in the UK.

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