[SATLUG] Dell Linux Machines Have Arrived

[Thomas King]

> I was a little surprised to see a company like Dell
> offer Linux ready machines.  I dont know what is
> taking the big companies so long anyway.. There is
> money to be made in the Linux industry.
>
> -Alex
>
> --- Jonathan Hull <masterr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dell has begun shipping some of their machines (3 at
>> this time) with Linux
>> preloaded. They went with Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 as the
>> Distro.
>>
>> The systems come with full hardware support and
>> warranty like the Windows
>> machines, and they appear to be slightly cheaper
>> than the Windows equivalent
>> machines (that's more than you can say about the old
>> FreeDOS offerings).
>>
>> http://www.dell.com/open/
>>
>> Props to Dell for standing up to the Microsoft BS.

I like the looks of the laptop, good price for a dual-core IMO, just a little
low on the memory. I wonder if it can run Beryl.