"Dell isn't resting on its recent consumer Linux PC laurels. The computing giant has added a new laptop -- the Inspiron 1420 Notebook -- to its Ubuntu Linux 7.04 offering. It is also replacing the Dimension E520 desktop with the new, low-priced Inspiron 530."
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mattflaschen
16 years 44 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago
This shows that free desktops (or
This shows that free desktops (or almost free software, since this /is/ Ubuntu) can be commercially successful for a mainstream company. This is definitely good news. As Dell expands the community, more people will be exposed to GNU/Linux and hardware support will improve.
aboutblank
16 years 44 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago
If *any company* manages to preload
If *any company* manages to preload LinuxBIOS onto a Laptop, that company gets all my goodwill and would probably get all my business. Dell, would you be that company?