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Ubuntu Dell Now In UK, France, and Germany

Posted by kdawson on from the world-domination dept.

mrcgran writes "Dell announced the availability of Ubuntu in Europe and future plans for China. 'I hinted at this before, but today, it's official: Dell announced that consumers in the United Kingdom, France and Germany can order an Inspiron 6400 notebook or an Inspiron 530N desktop with Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed... In his LinuxWorld keynote, Kevin Kettler announced that Dell and Novell intend to offer SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 factory-installed on select consumer notebooks and desktops in China.'"

2 of 183 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is this a win? by pilot1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    And I see WTF right there, as proprietary drivers are not required to play DVD. You can play DVDs very well with readily available open source drivers. What are you trying to say, bberens? That spreading FUD is fun for you? Are you malicious or just ignorant? Proprietary drivers are not required to play DVDs, but this library is.
  2. Not yet your can't by Spad · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hidden in the press release and not obvious on the main UK site is a text link to www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu

    Following this link takes you to the "Dell with Ubuntu" homepage, but clicking on "Choose Desktop" or "Choose Notebook" results in a 404.

    Excellent work there Dell.