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Dell to Offer More Linux PCs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the one-good-turn dept.

head_dunce writes "According to this article, Mark Shuttleworth from the Ubuntu camp says Dell is seeing a demand for the Linux-based PC and, "There are additional offerings in the pipeline." I'm starting to see flashbacks of the days when Microsoft partnered up with IBM to gain control of the desktop market. Will other Linux flavors find their way to the likes of Lenovo or HP, etc, or will Ubuntu claim the desktop market working with other PC manufacturers?"

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  1. Re:Mandriva by lakeland · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Is that a troll? Would help if you back up the assertion with something (more than IMHO). Personally I don't care who gets the deal as long as it results in roughly standard-compliant comptuers - e.g. we see more of Dell pushing ATI for decent drivers. More support for decent BIOSs, better ACPI.. there are heaps of areas where a large commodity player could help simply by offering more sales.

    Oh, and to copy your trollish stance, I hope Ubuntu gets the deal :-P

  2. KDE by 12357bd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe I am wrong, but for a maximal sales impact, Ubuntu should use KDE UI by default.

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