[ale] Dell & Ubuntu

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 08:39 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> 
> Barence writes "Dell has stopped selling consumer PCs preloaded with Ubuntu 
> from its website, and doesn't know when they're coming back. A search for 
> Ubuntu on the Dell UK website returns only one laptop — the Dell Latitude 
> 2100 from the company's business range. Dell insists that it's continuing to 
> sell Ubuntu systems, but only over the phone, and has no idea when — or even 
> if — the Ubuntu PCs will return online. 'We've recently made an effort to 
> simplify our offerings online, by focusing on our most popular bundles and 
> configuration options, based on customer feedback for reduced complexity and 
> a simple, easy purchase experience,' Dell told PC Pro. 'We're also making 
> some changes to our Ubuntu pages, and as a result, they are currently 
> available through our phone-based sales only.' The move comes after Dell put 
> a page on its website advising customers only to go for Ubuntu if they were 
> interested in open-source programming."
>  
> Read more of this story at Slashdot.
> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/07/24/0241204/Dell-Drops-Ubuntu-PCs-From-Its-Website?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+(Slashdot)

www.dell.com/business/laptops filter on the left by :reeDOS and Linux"
and I show six available machines.  
-- 
Damon
damon at damtek.com