Dell intros Linux in the UK
p2pnet news | open source:- Dell’s introduction of Linux laptops to the UK means the company is bowing to customer pressure, and to the inevitable.
Thanks largely to the Net, ‘consumers’ are fast becoming customers again, and customers like exercising ‘free choice which, increasingly, means they want to decide what they want on the their computers, not what industry elements thrust upon them.
“From today, UK customers can buy two desktop models with the Ubuntu Linux distribution,” says CNET News.
The Inspiron 6400n will cost £330 (about $670), while the 530n will cost £400 (about $812).
Dell admits launch followed pressure from users of its IdeaStorm forum when thousands of people demanded the systems should come with Linux pre-installed.
More than 41,000 would-be desktop users requested Ubuntu-powered PCs be sold worldwide, says DesktopLinux.com, adding:
“The systems come with the full Ubuntu 7.04 distribution. This includes the OpenOffice office suite Evolution e-mail and the Firefox browser.
“For support, Dell will be offering its usual support options. Advanced upgrade services and support can be purchased directly from Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu.”
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Also See:
CNET News – Dell brings Linux PCs to the UK, August 8, 2007
DesktopLinux.com – Dell brings Ubuntu Linux desktops to Europe, August 7, 2007
IdeaStorm – Dell keeps Ubuntu promise, May 26, 2007
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