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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. Less is more? by xOleanderx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So are they gonna be $150 cheaper?

  2. Linspire!?!!??? by Moby+Cock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why Linspire? Why not use a bigger, (dare I say it) better distro. SuSe 9.1 is Europe's biggest distro, why not that? Is there some anger between Novell and Dell?

  3. They used to... by mustangsal66 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So Dell returns home to Linux...

    I bought several PC's from Dell in 2001 with RedHat preinstalled... They shipped with driver disks too...

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  4. Re:Download Warehouse? by mustangsal66 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seriously,

    The only way to get my mother off windows was to get her onto (then Lindows). She didn't trust that 'free' stuff. She felt comfortable paying a few dollars for it, and the 'support' behind it.

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