[NEWS] Dell to Sell Machines with Ubuntu Pre-Loaded

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| Dell to Sell Machines with Ubuntu Pre-Loaded |
| from the a-decision-is-made dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 01, @09:55 (Linux Business) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/01/1353237 |
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kotj.mf writes "Cnet is reporting that Dell will shortly announce a partnership with Canonical to [0]offer Ubuntu pre-loaded on certain consumer-oriented desktops and notebooks. The announcement comes after a groundswell of support for pre-installed Linux on Dell's [1]IdeaStorm site. 'The company is starting its business by trying to appeal to users of desktop computers. From there, Canonical Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth has said, the company plans to head to the server market, where the real Linux bread and butter can be found. [Dell spokesman Kent] Cook wouldn't comment on whether Dell plans to offer Ubuntu on its servers as well.'."

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1. http://www.ideastorm.com/
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I remember buying a Dell Poweredge 400SC with Red Hat (8?) preloaded on it when I worked at WSU. Man, time flies - that was ~5 years ago now!

But I agree, the move to Ubuntu was a smart one! I switched all our Linux servers to Suse before I left due to Red Hat's exorbitant fees for package updates... yast ftw.
 
MrGuvernment said:
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You're right. No.

Just like the "OMG! Dell is putting XP on its machines!" report a few days ago, all this means is that Dell will provide a limited range of its catalogue with the option to have the OS of preference pre-installed, to meet the needs of the small proportion of its customers who want such a thing. Small businesses, primarily.
 
I'd have thought it was more about erosion of the the hold RedHat has had on Dell systems with a Linux distro pre-installation. Signs of that alliance breaking have been showing up for a few years now.

Dell systems equipped with Linux installations aren't something new which have just appeared to 'break the Windows monopoly'. Dell have been selling those for ages, for the small proportion of its customer base which demands the product.
 
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