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Dell to Sell Machines with Ubuntu Pre-Loaded

Posted by Zonk on from the a-decision-is-made dept.

kotj.mf writes "Cnet is reporting that Dell will shortly announce a partnership with Canonical to offer Ubuntu pre-loaded on certain consumer-oriented desktops and notebooks. The announcement comes after a groundswell of support for pre-installed Linux on Dell's IdeaStorm site. 'The company is starting its business by trying to appeal to users of desktop computers. From there, Canonical Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth has said, the company plans to head to the server market, where the real Linux bread and butter can be found. [Dell spokesman Kent] Cook wouldn't comment on whether Dell plans to offer Ubuntu on its servers as well.'."

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  1. Re:Vista by borizz · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't agree. What has Vista got to do with it? Linux (and Ubuntu) gained a user base large enough to gather some attention.

  2. Re:Ubuntu on servers? NO THANK YOU. by PaisteUser · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ubuntu on servers is a bad, bad idea. It'd be like running your hardware on Debian Sid all of the time with neither thought nor care as to the consequences.

    I tend to agree with most of your statement. I wouldn't run Feisty on a server, but I would/do run Dapper 6.06 LTS, it's been in the market over a year. I've been running it on a couple production servers for 6 months now, haven't had a single issue with it. At least Ubuntu server doesn't install X by default either, I'm looking at you SuSE and Red Hat.

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  3. Re:Ubuntu on servers? NO THANK YOU. by Zonk+(troll) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ubuntu on servers is a bad, bad idea. It'd be like running your hardware on Debian Sid all of the time with neither thought nor care as to the consequences. Using Ubuntu releases like Edgy and Feisty on a server is a bad idea a they're only supported for 18 months. However, Ubuntu now does LTS (Long Term Support) releases, first of which being Dapper. Support is 3 years for desktops and 5 years for servers. more info.

    I've been using it on one of my servers (samba,cups,apache,java,postgresql) and it works quite well. So far, it's been significantly nicer to deal with than the CentOS 4.x install it replaced.
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