This is cool:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3668521
Dell will offer Linux on pre-loaded on some of its laptops and desktops. Like another 100,000 people, I participated in the Dell survey, and it looks like my responses were typical. I told Dell that I would use Linux at both home and office, and that community support was just fine if they’ll do hardware support.
It so happens my current laptop is dying of old age and I’ve been thinking of getting a new one. I will be keen to see how the Dell story develops. If they offer a Linux laptop in Europe I think I’d buy one. It doesn’t have to come with my favourite distro. I’d buy it just out of principle, and then install Debian Etch on it. I just hope they don’t pick Novell SUSE…
UPDATE:
The story has hit the CBC news. That’s like the BBC for Canada.
March 30, 2007
I certainly hope that Dell offers Linux pre-loaded on laptops in Australia, too. Like you, I participated in the Dell survey. I’m also in the market for a new laptop, and I definitely don’t want Windows Vista on it! (Nor do I want the hassle of taking Windows off the machine.)