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Is Dell Scrapping PCs with Ubuntu?

Posted on 25. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News, Tips

I was alerted via Slashdot an article by PCPro UK that Dell is no longer making a push to offer Ubuntu-based laptops and netbooks through their website. This was reported for the Dell UK site, which right now is only returning printers when one searches the term “Ubuntu”. When I went to the USA version of the site a search brought back a slew of desktops, laptops and netbooks offering Ubuntu version 8.04.

With that being said, we wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Dell may attempt to scale back the options for devices loaded with Ubuntu. Despite no concrete evidence of Dell working on a Chrome OS product, their Linux team has been releasing builds that work with the Mini 10 netbook. Last month, a Dell executive that is based in South Asia told Reuters that the company wants to be “on the forefront” of innovations in the computer industry such as Chrome OS.

So, we’ll chalk up the sudden disappearance of Ubuntu products from Dell’s UK site as an experiment in consumers’ tastes. If someone in the UK wants to buy an Ubuntu-loaded device from Dell, they can still call and ask for one. The debate still is part of a Dell web page on the topic as well.

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