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Dell's Open Source Desktop Systems

Posted by Zonk on from the unfamiliar-frontier-for-penguins dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An article at XYZComputing goes over Dell's open source line of desktop computers and workstations. The N line is something which Dell began to sell recently, but the situation is much more complex that it would seem. There is often little or no discount given if consumers opt to go with FreeDOS as their operating system. There is also a great link in the article showing how Dell is selling AMD processors in their Accessories section!" From the article: "A major hurdle preventing the growth of Linux with non-professional users has been installation the operating system and dealing with the resultant compatibility issues. An ideal solution to this would be a major manufacturer which is willing to sell computers with Linux preinstalled. This would not only make it easy for users to buy a computer and have Linux running after simply plugging it in, but it would theoretically allow the manufacturer to lower the cost of a computer because software licensing costs could be minimized."

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  1. Slashdot's Open Source DUPE systems. by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Informative


    Didn't we discuss this over a month ago???

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  2. Why buy a Dell? by CyricZ · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why would I want to buy one of these Dells when Sun is offering affordable workstations that use higher-quality and higher-performance Opteron processors? And not only that, but the Sun workstations are supported very well by Solaris, as well as Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and a multitude of other operating systems.

    While I do have fond memories of Dell UNIX back in the early 1990s, I would not purchase their Linux-based systems today, just because the competition (ie. Sun) offers far superior products.

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  3. Non-Dell Companies selling Linux (and No OS) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.addonshop.com/
    http://www.emperorlinux.com/
    http://www.ibexpc.com/
    http://www.linare.com/
    http://www.linspire.com/
    http://www.linuxcertified.com/
    http://www.microtelpc.com/
    http://www.outpost.com/
    http://shoprcubed.com/
    http://www.sub300.com/
    http://www.systemax.com/divisions.htm
    http://www.walmart.com/
    http://www.xandros.com/

    http://tuxmobil.org/reseller.html
    http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed
    http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/index.html

    http://tuxmobil.org/ (general information)

    No OS

    (Sabio made by Quanta, like Dell-latitudes)
    http://www.avadirect.com/
    http://www.asimobile.com/
    http://www.powernotebooks.com/