Dell and Ubuntu Announcement?

A few months ago Dell launched their Idea Storm site. The idea was to solicit feedback from users on what they’d like to see from Dell. One of the most popular requests was Dell systems pre-loaded with Linux!

Today there is supposed to be an announcement that Dell has picked Ubuntu for it’s distribution! This is great news and it will be interesting to see now that Dell has committed to offering Linux if the public opens their wallets and purchases systems with Linux vs. Windows. I also haven’t heard anything regarding support - will Dell provide support? Will Canonical (the backers behind Ubuntu)? This may also open the door for Canonical to push server versions of Ubuntu as well…

There is also a Slashdot post about this today.

This entry was written by Jim, posted on May 1, 2007 at 10:23 am.

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  1. pan69
    Posted May 1, 2007 at 7:18 pm | Permalink

    Canonical is already providing support for Ubuntu. Thats whole idea. Get the software for free, pay for the support.

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