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Dell To Offer Ubuntu Laptops Again

Posted by Soulskill on from the dude-you're-gettin'-a-tux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TechCrunch reports that Dell will be officially re-entering the Linux laptop market. Beginning this fall, it will sell a 'developer edition' of one of its Ultrabooks that comes pre-loaded with Ubuntu 12.04. Dell first started offering computers with Linux installed in 2007, but they dropped the products in 2010. This spring, a skunkworks effort called Project Sputnik was announced, and now, after the completion of a short beta test, the Ubuntu laptops have been given a green light for commercial sale. Canonical has been working alongside Dell to help make this happen."

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  1. Can't wait.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to buy one, wipe off that buggy, proprietary OS and install Debian on it.

    1. Re:Can't wait.... by crazyjj · · Score: 4, Funny

      Linux is so divided over each distro that I sometimes wonder if MS doesn't have agent provocateurs stirring the pot just to keep the community divided (and forever ineffectual). But then, like my grandma always used to say "Kid, never attribute to conspiracy what can be attributed to sheer blind fanboism."

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  2. Very cool, no Microsoft tax! by toygeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I can get a cheaper laptop and put on my pirated Windows 7 Ultimate! w00t!!!!!

    (because *nobody* pirates the home edition)

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    1. Re:Very cool, no Microsoft tax! by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

      "(because *nobody* pirates the home edition)"

      Since you mentioned, I checked and (at the moment) this has 421 seeders and 145 leechers! Comedy Gold!

      http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6863991/Windows_7_home_premium_64_bit_by_(oldBen)

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  3. Really? by SomePgmr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've always reserved "skunkworks project" for what I thought were interesting, kinda secret, complicated pursuits.

    You know, like the exact opposite of dell slapping ubuntu on a laptop and selling it on their website. ;)

  4. Re:Two steps forward, one step back by Rudeboy777 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Today you can order a XPS13 off dell.com which will come with Microsoft pre-loaded.

    I hate Windows as much as the next guy, but if they're bundling a $250B company with each XPS laptop purchased, even *I* want to get in on this promotion!

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  5. Re:Will it be any cheaper than Windows? by hodet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Losing that Staples tech support is a real show stopper for me.