Acer: ‘No UK Demand’ for Linux Laptops

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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