<div>I've noticed that - finding the Inspirons with Ubuntu installed is a tortuous journey if you start off at <a href="http://www.dell.co.uk">www.dell.co.uk</a>... mind you, at least it's there if you look hard enough :)
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mac</b> <<a href="mailto:Ammonius.Grammaticus@googlemail.com">Ammonius.Grammaticus@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">For anyone who didn't see the Lifehacker article, here's Mark<br>Shuttleworth's explanation of how come it's so hard to find Ubuntu
<br>systems on the Dell UK site...<br><br><br>Lifehacker: It seems that pre-installed Linux computers are gaining<br>momentum. Are there plans for partnering with other major corporations?<br><br>Mark Shuttleworth: Of course. There are discussions underway which I
<br>can't go into because they're not ready to be announced. The main thing<br>is to recognize that Linux remains somewhat of a specialist's option. It<br>is actually quite prevalent amongst the specialist providers. If you
<br>talk to any of the major system integrators they will all do Linux<br>deployments for you. Even if you talk to some of the smaller OEMs they<br>will all figure out how to work with you and to work with Linux. Where<br>
it has always been blocked is in the large-scale consumer market. I<br>think Dell has been very clever in the way they've done it. They've<br>figured out how to make Linux available to those consumers who are<br>specifically looking for it without accidentally having folks who don't
<br>know what Linux is (and who don't really want Linux) accidentally buying<br>those machines. That's critical to the economic viability of the offering.<br><br><br>Full article:<br><a href="http://dailydiy.com/2007/08/30/ubuntu-founder-mark-shuttleworth-on-productivity-and-linux/">
http://dailydiy.com/2007/08/30/ubuntu-founder-mark-shuttleworth-on-productivity-and-linux/</a><br><br><br>Mac<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!"
<br>And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!'<br><br>RIP Billy M 1957-1997