Noise from Dell about Linux
(via Slashdot)
There's been quite a bit activity going on lately about Dell offering Linux preinstalled for desktops and notebooks. First of all, it's the biggest request on the Dell IdeaStorm web page. It even got Mark Shuttleworth to provide a bit of insight on his Blog about having big-named OEMs providing Linux as an option on their systems. Quite a bit of noise about it on Slashdot and Digg, and it's even prompted Dell to put up a survey about certain factors about offering Linux.
Me, I'm not so picky about which distribution they use, because I can install any of them if the system will work for only one of them. This means that I won't have to check hardware compatibility lists for any new hardware.
Dell's interest has actually delayed and possibly put off me getting my company to buy me an Apple MacBook Pro notebook system.
Dell does have some support for linux at http://linux.dell.com/, and there's some links to the "n-series" systems Dell has which come with no operating system preinstalled (other than FreeDOS, which most people would wipe and install their O.S. of choice). I don't know about full Linux compatibility with those, though. I still have to double check before I actually get anything from there.
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