Dell Ships Ubuntu 7.04 PCs Today

Posted by kdawson on Thursday May 24, 2007 @12:33AM from the wait-is-over dept.

javipas writes "Today by 4:00 PM CST Dell will start selling three machines with Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed. The two desktops (XPS 410n, $899 and Dimension E520n, $599) and the notebook (Inspiron E1505n, $599) will be the first three machines with the popular Linux distribution installed by default. There is little or no price differential between the Linux and Windows models; in fact, the entry level E520 Windows desktop is cheaper. Dell has announced that they will provide hardware support, and they've created a new site devoted to giving further Linux support and updates. At the moment the offer is only available in the US."

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Re:Typical by ronadams · 2007-05-24 00:45 · Score: 0, Troll

Nice try, but when you're a large vendor such as Dell, it doesn't work that way. Refer to MSFT's partner program (50,000 points or more).

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Re:Of course entry-level windows is cheaper... by dsmitchell1 · 2007-05-24 02:02 · Score: 0, Troll

Open source is only free if your time has no value.