Dell should offer Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE
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| If Dell does the smart thing, and offers a tri-boot system with these
| three distributions, it will be a brilliant move on their part. They will
| be offering a quality product to TODAY's Linux market, and they will
| have started the early stages of their desktop Linux program, satisfying
| the current market, BUT with expectations and plans of preparing for
| the larger mainstream market.
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http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter_archives.php?id=44
Related:
What Dell's desktop Linux move means
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| Some of you may be thinking, "Why is this such a big deal?" Linspire
| has been successful in getting smaller OEMs (original equipment
| manufacturers) to offer Linux on the desktop for years. Some small
| OEMs, such as All Around Geeks and System76, offer their own
| house-brand Linux desktops. Other companies, such as EmperorLinux,
| have long sold brand-name computers from Lenovo, Panasonic, Sharp,
| and even Dell after they installed Linux on them.
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http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7546369370.html
Dell casts doubts on Vista
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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
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| [...]
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| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/19/dell.casts.doubts.on.vista/
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