LinuxQuestions.org founder Jeremy Garcia has reportedly received an e-mail from a Dell employee that says the company is planning to launch Ubuntu “on the E520, 1505 and XPS 410 starting next Thursday, 5/24. We expect these systems to be less than 1% of our OS mix for the entire year which is ~20,000 systems annually. The goal of launching Linux is to continue to give our customers more choices to customize their new Dell.” Garcia also claims the Dell representative noted Dell will officially have employees available for “discussing the desktop Linux situation with customers”. On March 13, an entry appeared on the Direct2Dell blog about Dell offering Linux and allowing potential customers to do a survey about what they are interested in. If the above is correct, Dell has acted very rapidly in response to its customer’s requests, although speculation about such a move has been in the air since the beginning of the year. This is a huge step for Linux, will other companies follow Dell?
News source: Jeremy Garcia's Blog
News source: Jeremy Garcia's Blog
I will pay the same for a Linux system, but not more than the identical Windows system.
I will pay the same for a Linux system, but not more than the identical Windows system.
why would you pay the same for linux? if the prices are the same, you can get a vista licensed dell then install linux by yourself. in case you need windows back or running inside virtual machine, you have a spare legal copy.
In my specific case, I just dump Windows anyway. I get no extra "value" of a Vista license.
I will pay the same for a Linux system, but not more than the identical Windows system.
why would you pay the same for linux? if the prices are the same, you can get a vista licensed dell then install linux by yourself. in case you need windows back or running inside virtual machine, you have a spare legal copy.
A linux system is (should be) guaranteed to be 100% supported by linux, while a vista system is not.
1. These would have hardware supported in Linux, regardless of distro.
2. It would be a popular easy-to-use distro, pre-installed, which is an historic stumbling block for Linux.
3. No one is restricted from putting their distro of choice on, after purchase.
In my case, I would wipe the drive and use my familiar Fedora on it. Doesn't mean I'm going to complain about Ubuntu being the distro of choice for Dell at the time being.
we'll see what happens but I don't expect any major price differences.
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