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Dell Releases Ubuntu 7.10-Powered PCs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the gutsy-moves dept.

sjvn writes "The official word will be out any minute now, but in the meantime DesktopLinux has learned that Dell will be releasing Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop and desktop with immediate availability. And, as an extra added bonus, they're tossing in legal DVD-playback capability. In a word: Neat."

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  1. DVD Playback by Poppler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And, as an extra added bonus, they're tossing in legal DVD-playback capability. That's the real new here as far as I'm concerned. This is what needs to be done if they're going to try to sell these things to the home PC market.

    If they're smart, they'll continue on that path and add out-of-the-box support for mp3, aac, and other non-Free multimedia.
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  2. Re:Linux Cost More? by setagllib · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Linux install is not subsidized with hundreds of badvertisement and spyware programs. You get a fixed, enhanced, tested Ubuntu 7.10 without any malware. To many people that's worth a lot more than Vista. Personally? I'd get the cheap Vista license and then replace the install with Ubuntu anyway, and then perform a ritual sacrifice to help a copy of Vista leave this world.

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