| Dell moves forward with its Ubuntu desktops |
Jun. 22, 2007
Opinion -- Dell's customer feedback-driven initiative for preloading Linux on some of the machines it sells is moving forward with a full head of steam. It's been only a handful of months since the OEM began fielding Web-borne requests to add the open-source operating system to its preloaded platform mix, and Dell is already a few weeks into filling orders for the penguin-loving public. It's too early to judge the success or failure of Dell's mainstream Linux foray.
For one thing, the PC maker has not yet disclosed how many Linux aficionados have purchased one of the three Dell models on which the company is preloading Ubuntu Linux. For another, I've not yet tested one of these machines myself. However, I can see enough from my Web browser-based vantage to answer the questions around price, selection, positioning and support options that had curbed my enthusiasm when I last covered this topic.
Price: Ubuntu Linux is free, and Windows Vista is not, so it stands to reason that Dell's Ubuntu machines should cost less than its Vista machines do. Sure enough, Dell's Ubuntu-powered XPS 410n costs about $50 less than an equally outfitted, Vista-driven XPS 410.
To read the rest of Jason Brooks' eWEEK.com article, go here.
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