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Dell to Ship Linux Desktops in Europe

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the somebody-stop-the-insanity dept.

Anglophile writes "Looks like Dell has launched a new line of desktop computers. The Dell Optiplexes will be sold in Europe, come with the Linspire operating system and include a one year free membership to their download warehouse. "

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  1. Re:great by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Geez. I would have figured that Dell would've shipped them with slackware. After having to play with their stone-age RAID management software, I figured they went with the most primative things possible.

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  2. Re:Less is more? by surreal-maitland · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    they have very little economic incentive to reduce the price of a linux box, simply because they have to pay less. people will still pay it and because enough people still want windows, MS 0wnx0rs them.

    (well, okay, not literally, but in the same way that clan eit 0wnz j00!!!)

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    -ninjaneer