Dell to Sell Machines with Ubuntu Pre-Loaded

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 1, 2007 @01:55AM 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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Ubuntu on servers? NO THANK YOU. by FishWithAHammer · 2007-05-01 02:01 · Score: 0, Troll

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.

Debian servers--cool. Hed Rat servers--sure, why not. Ubuntu? Please god no. Leave Ubuntu on the desktop, where it does a good job.

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"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
Re:Yep. by towsonu2003 · 2007-05-01 02:13 · Score: 1, Troll

I would have rather seen OpenSuse but such is life.
For god's sake, STFU. They're selling Linux desktops...
Yeah Bro... by encoderer · 2007-05-01 03:45 · Score: 0, Troll

Yeah Bro, you're clueless.