www1.us.dell.com — Dell PrecisionTM open-source n Series1 workstations deliver maximum workstation performance. Smart for businesses with proprietary software images or special Linux needs, these systems are available with factory installed Linux.
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Closed AccountFeb 26, 2006
Dell is a fair-weather Linux distributor. If it looks like Linux might be gaining momentum, Dell jumps back on the bandwagon.I swear to god, what Novell needs to do is nail down a couple of corporate customers who insist on Dell desktops and then put everyone (Dell, Novell, and customer) together in the same god damned building and make a Dell template for corporate Linux deployments.This would be worth at least 10% of Novell's advertising budget, especially if everyone Blogs the hell out of it.
Closed AccountFeb 26, 2006
Yeah... Hear about this a couple months ago on digg.
leftfootFeb 26, 2006
Old but still,+digg+1 for Dell
tuxfanFeb 26, 2006
Dell has been selling computers with Red Hat for awhile but only for businesses. The only problem is that Dell makes them. Best to build your own. If your a business, I hope you like 5 hour long calls to India.
Closed AccountFeb 26, 2006
Enterprise customers who buy Dell workstations do so via Contract pricing, not what you see here.Enterprise customers that intend to use Linux on these workstations purchase them WITH an XP license as Dell charges the same price. The purchasing guys won't listen to the linux fanboys say that they are pupating some blah, blah, blah. What they see is that when somebody wants to re-purpose said machine they off of Linux they have to buy an XP license. If you are an enterprise RedHat customer you pay for support for not the OS. Thus, why the HELL would somebody pay as much for a PC without XP to get Linux pre-installed in an enterprise environment? Answer; they won't, and they don't. Also, as mentioned about a million times by linux fanboys one can simply run XP in vmware if they "have" to run Windows programs. But. If you buy with Linux pre-installed you have to buy an XP license. Unless you're using software assurance then you have to license the friggin linux pc anyway. Old news, good profit margin for Dell. No Digg-e-doo
prod_deityFeb 26, 2006
They've been doing this before Kevin Rose created Digg.Thus it does classify as REALLY old news. No Digg.