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Dell To Offer Ubuntu Laptops Again
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."
Prove to me that it can happen by accident.
I hope you don't mind some anecdotal evidence, but this morning whilst brewing a cup of coffee I slipped on my USB key containing 'MyCleanPC' software...as i fell i grasped at anything to stop myself, my fingers ran across the keyboard of my laptop that was sitting on the kitchen bench - coincidentally with the google search page open - the keys i hit formed the query 'dell linux lappot', as it happens the folks at Google (there quite good) presented me a page 'Showing results for dell linux laptop' even though my stumble 'n fumble had caused the word 'lappot' to be input, so i found they're laptop offerings.
The best thing about it is that since i accidentally found dell linux laptops, for all intensive purposes i don't need 'MyCleanPC' anymore and so their is no danger of slipping on a USB stick containing the software! Netcraft confirms its so secure i can use the password 12345 (which coincidentally is the same combination as on my luggage), in soviet russia this laptop secures you!