Linux news

2007 07 12

Michael Dell Confirms That Linux PCs Will Come to Europe

Michael Dell: Linux Coming to SMBs, Europe Soon

At July 10 show, Michael Dell confirmed a posting on the Direct2Dell site that the company has specific plans to expand its Linux offering. This will include a focus on SMBs as well as the European market.

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The news here is that Europe is among the regions to be included. Small businesses are the more obvious thing. Michael Dell himself is a Linux user. Related: Linux Rolls On [to other countries]

Know some of you saw this in last week's post, but I wanted to be clear that Dell does have plans to offer Linux to more consumers in additional locations outside the United States. More details to come later this summer. We will also offer Ubuntu to small business customers in the future.

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Dell offers discount on Linux PCs

Dell will offer its Linux PCs for $50 (£24) less than the equivalent Windows PCs, the company has revealed on one of its websites.

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Will HP Follow Dell With Ubuntu Linux PCs?

Initially, I was skeptical about Dell's decision to sell selected consumer PCs with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. But after a few days of testing, I'm a skeptic no more. And I'm not alone. Dell insiders tell me that the Ubuntu PCs, introduced in late May, are selling well -- though they decline to share exact sales figures with me. [...] Sources close to HP tell me the company hope to offer PCs with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed in a few months--or perhaps even a few weeks...

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Interest in Linux Outside the United States

In the vlog, Veni talks about some of his work, shares his perspective on why Dell should expand our recent Ubuntu-based Linux offerings outside the United States, technology trends in eastern Europe and more.

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McKeon said obviously Dell Australia would be watching what happens in the US, and the local office is keen to make Linux machines available. "It's something we'd definitely like to do ... we have a sizeable Linux community in Australia particularly in Canberra and Adelaide."

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Ubuntu on Two New Inspirons; Update from the Linux Live Expert Forum

Here's the base configuration on the Inspiron 1420N: * Core 2 Duo T5250 processor (1.5GHz/ 667MHz FSB) * 1GB shared dual-channel DDR2 667MHz RAM * 80GB hard drive * Ubuntu 7.04

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