On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 19:50 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 18 May 2010 19:22, Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > I thought that Dell sold machines with Ubuntu? > > They can do, but it's not something they do in all regions, and not > all models are available.
It's still damn confusing though. If you look at the tech specs of the Vostro 3300 on dell.co.uk (which presumably sells kit for the UK region), it does say "Ubuntu® Linux® (Available in April)" but that option is not available through the customisation function at the moment. So either they're late with their Ubuntu offering or it's actually not really available in the UK. Or they actually meant April 2011. In any case, what they have on the (regional) web site doesn't match what they actually sell. > > > Their website says so, > > and so does the Ubuntu site. But apparently they don't: > > > > Basically most of the Dell hardware is 'certified' to run Ubuntu. That > is technically it's possible to run Ubuntu on anything Dell makes and > sells. However it's down to the head of each region to pick which > models of desktop, laptop, netbook and server that they sell in their > region. It's not a global decision. So whilst the statement "Dell > sells Ubuntu machines" is technically true, the fact is they don't > sell every model in every country. > > Sucks, but it's true. > > It would be nice to think that when you request Ubuntu that > information passes up through the ranks of Dell and somehow they get a > clue that people want it. Of course Canonical are playing their part > in this too, but it's a slow process. > > Dell aren't alone in this. It's taking time with all the large OEMs to > get them to ship Ubuntu by default on their systems. Indeed the new > Ubuntu Light (announced at UDS last week) should make it easier for > them to do that. > > Cheers, > Al. > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
