Dell moves 40,000 Ubuntu PCs

El Reg ^ | november 30th | Ashlee Vance

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Dell has shipped close to 40,000 systems pre-installed with the Ubuntu flavor of Linux, according to multiple sources. By most accounts, that's a heck of a total for what remains more or less a fringe operating system.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

That explains why we've heard that Dell is expanding(or has expanded since it's original offerings) it's ubuntu line.

[bcsco]

I just placed Ubuntu on my laptop little over a week ago (dual boot). I like it, but am not willing to give up XP yet due to software compatibility issues. Yes, I know about Wine, but not all Windows software will run on Linux. I’ll probably get a partition manager and expand my 7.5Gb Linux partition to make more use of it.

[garyhope]

So, they’re making laptops in Africa now? Interesting. /sar

[jeddavis]

Computers are cheap enough now you can afford to keep a windows PC around until msoft goes away.

[bcsco]

I really don’t need another PC when I can partition the hard drive I have and run both systems on one.

[festus]

I do one better. I keep vmware on linux and run windows as an application to run the one or two apps I still need.

[JoJo Gunn]

Linux ping

[ShadowAce]

[Golden Eagle]

Dell never expanded their linux lime, they replaced the cheapest laptop with one that often costs more than the windows equivalent after discounts.