The news just came through that Dell have officially unveiled two systems available in Europe (including the UK) with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) installed on them. This is very cool, and represents another step along the road to fixing bug #1. From the press release (ubuntu.com):
Dell today unveiled two consumer PCs in Europe – the Inspiron 6400n and the Inspiron 530n – with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux operating system factory installed. Available now in the United Kingdom, Germany and France, the systems are Dell’s first steps to meet the needs of the Linux enthusiast community outside of the United States.
Information about the systems can be found in the following locations:
- General information: www.ubuntu.com/dell
- In France (from August 8th): www.dell.fr/ubuntu
- In Germany (from August 8th): www.dell.de/ubuntu
- In the United Kingdom (from August 8th): www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu
[The Disclosure Bit]
I am an employee of Canonical, the company that supports and backs Ubuntu. Yes, Canonical is the really-cool-company I've mentioned. I work as part of the Launchpad development team. So now you know.