Dell To Offer Ubuntu Laptops Again

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @05:52AM 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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Re:Two steps forward, one step back by oakgrove · 2012-07-18 06:01 · Score: 5, Informative

Dell is the fourth largest PC vendor in sales numbers in the last quarter so a few people are buying their stuff still.

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Re:Is this announcement from Dell, or Canonical? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-18 06:17 · Score: 5, Informative

It most definitely did happen, but not in all geographies. Asus ships Ubuntu on a number of machines (including those EEEPc models), both online and in retail. Sorry that it is not available in your location - Canonical are working on expanding the reach of Ubuntu with Asus, Dell, and other OEMs.
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