Dell Promises Linux on Desktop and Laptop PCs...

[susmit shannigrahi]

Dear * ,
Here is a great news..

The news reads..

"Dell received more than 100,000 responses in its recent survey, and
more than 70 percent of the respondents said they would want a Dell PC
with Linux for both home and office use. The Dell announcement of
plans to preinstall and support Linux could encourage more widespread
use of Linux PCs by small businesses as well as consumers."

Read on
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Dell-Promises-Linux-on-PCs-Coming-Soon/sto...
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[Francesco Ugolini]

Good, thank you Susmit to submit this news. Do you know how many people
chose fedora as favorite distribution to be bundled with new dell products?

Regards

Francesco Ugolini

susmit shannigrahi ha scritto:
>  Dear * ,
>  Here is a great news..
>  
>  The news reads..
>  
>  "Dell received more than 100,000 responses in its recent survey, and
>  more than 70 percent of the respondents said they would want a Dell PC
>  with Linux for both home and office use. The Dell announcement of
>  plans to preinstall and support Linux could encourage more widespread
>  use of Linux PCs by small businesses as well as consumers."
>  
>  Read on
>
> http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Dell-Promises-Linux-on-PCs-Coming-Soon/sto...
>  
>  -- 
>  ssh
>  0x86DD170A
>  http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SusmitShannigrahi
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[susmit shannigrahi]

Nope..No indication on that anywhere..not even at dell's site.

However comments and blogs are here
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/13/7985.aspx

But personnaly I expect that will be good in number..
And they are *to* offer it..We may soon know the approximate number
when they start shipping.
But what I feel so happy about is people are being interested in using
Linux. : )

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[Francesco Ugolini]

Yeah, it's a great day for open source :)

Francesco Ugolini

susmit shannigrahi ha scritto:
>  Nope..No indication on that anywhere..not even at dell's site.
>  
>  However comments and blogs are here
>  http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/13/7985.aspx
>  
>  But personnaly I expect that will be good in number..
>  And they are *to* offer it..We may soon know the approximate number
>  when they start shipping.
>  But what I feel so happy about is people are being interested in using
>  Linux. : )
>   
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[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Francesco Ugolini wrote:
>  Good, thank you Susmit to submit this news. Do you know how many
> people
>  chose fedora as favorite distribution to be bundled with new dell products?
>  
>  Regards
>  
>  Francesco Ugolini
>   
I remember an article on Dell's choice to also distribute Linux, which 
basically said the following:

Although the largest amount of people vote for some Linux distribution 
because they actually want that Linux distribution, there's also a 
rather large amount that chooses any free operating system just to 
prevent them from paying fees. In Dell's "ideas corner" (i don't 
remember what this was called exactly), people could also vote for 'no 
operating system installed'. I guess this vote was added later, because 
it was like on page 20.

My point being, any number from Dell's inquiry may be indicative, but 
just that.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip