Dell releases powerful, well-supported Linux Ultrabook

(arstechnica.com)

520 points iProject | 1 comments | 29 Nov 12 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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rm999 ◴[29 Nov 12 14:56 UTC] No.4847970[source]▶

It's great to see Dell doing something that resembles innovation, and it's great to see laptops that can run Linux out of the box. But honestly I just don't trust Ubuntu after they built advertising ('online scope results') into their interface. How much more will they cripple their distro as they struggle to monetize? I understand Ubuntu is free, but this fact doesn't benefit the end-consumer much because Microsoft gives Windows to OEMs for practically free and the cost of OSX is irrelevant.

Most people who should be using Linux know how to install it on a wintel machine. I'd rather see Dell put 100% of its open source effort into releasing Linux-compatible drivers for all its laptops instead of marketing niche products.

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recoiledsnake ◴[29 Nov 12 17:41 UTC] No.4849022[source]▶

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>because Microsoft gives Windows to OEMs for practically free

Practically free? I don't think so, except for Windows Starter Edition on Netbooks and those have strict guidelines on what qualifies as a netbook.

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1. rm999 ◴[29 Nov 12 21:06 UTC] No.4850274[source]▶

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Thanks for the correction, my information is old. My friend in the XP days told me a company he worked with got licenses for something like 25 dollars each. I just did a google search and it looks like OEM prices have been rising and are much higher now.

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