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Dell soon to launch Linux PCs

By Colin Barker , ZDNet UK on March 30, 2007 

 

Summary

User demand has convinced Dell to offer PCs with Linux pre-installed, but there will be no naked PCs.

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IBM Technology Conference & Expo 2012
May 22, 2012

One World Hotel, First Avenue, Bandar Utama City Centre, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Echelon 2012
June 11 and 12, 2012

University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore

Startup Asia Jakarta 2012
June 7 and 8, 2012

12th Floor, Annex Building, Wisma Nusantara Complex, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 59 Jakarta 10350, Indonesia

MMA Forum Singapore
April 23-25, 2012

Grand Hyatt Singapore

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Dell is getting ready to sell PCs that support Linux, but the manufacturer says it will continue its policy of always providing an operating system.

Many users are calling on PC vendors to supply so-called naked PCs--systems without an operating system--so they can install the OS of their choice.

Dell's grudging acknowledgement of users' wishes stems partly from the launch of its customer forum, the Dell Idea Storm. The Idea Storm gives users the chance to request products they would like to see rolled out by Dell.

Easily the most popular request on the Idea Storm is for Dell to offer Linux on its PCs. But for Dell there are a lot of questions to answer about providing Linux: not least which distributions it should offer.

Josh Claman, general manager of Dell for the United Kingdom, told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that his company would not be comfortable supporting Linux unless it could guarantee the quality of such systems. But he said he was now confident that point had been reached.

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