Comments on: Dell Launches Consumer Advertising for Ubuntu Linux PCs

By: 2010: The year of the Linux Desktop | KenapaHarus dot Com

2010: The year of the Linux Desktop | KenapaHarus dot Com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:52:39 +0000

[...] running ads specifically mentioning Ubuntu on a [...]

By: Mark52

Mark52 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:55:15 +0000

From the get out, the platform has been created with an ear to content creators and artists. ,

By: ricky

ricky — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:28:23 +0000

Dell have actually taken two major steps forward with the Mini 9. The first was selling the Ubuntu version of the Mini side-by-side with it’s Windows XP counterpart. Something they still don’t do with their other n-series models like the M1330n.

By: Ubuntu Podcast Episode #10 « softaoglu.com

Ubuntu Podcast Episode #10 « softaoglu.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:32:36 +0000

[...] Dell bought ads in a few newspapers pushing the Mini 9 with Ubuntu [...]

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:53:02 +0000

Linux Josh: Alas, Dell hasn’t continued the Ubuntu netbook advertising push. Recent newspaper inserts in New York mention Windows-based netbooks, but there were no signs of Ubuntu alternatives. The VAR Guy plans to blog a bit more on this topic later this week.

By: Linux Josh

Linux Josh — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:49:46 +0000

I am very happy to see something like this happening. Dell has been very very helpful in the Linux community with this and is really happy to take part in it.
I am just very confused at the interface.
from the few screen shots I have looked at, it only slightly looks like the usual ubuntu ISO set up that we get after installation.
Is there extra packages installed in theirs or what?

By: Chris Lees

Chris Lees — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:26:12 +0000

I’ve been looking at a netbook for use as a portable computer and a low-power taskserver (i.e. downloading torrents or uploading to Megavideo overnight, serving media, transcoding video when my regular computer is occupied, printer sharing etc). I really wanted the Dell Mini, except that in Australia it’s not coming with Ubuntu. It’s great that Dell is advertising the Linux option, but it sucks that it’s not available in Australia. I might be looking at an Aspire One unfortunately.

By: Praveen Kunjapur

Praveen Kunjapur — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:48:29 +0000

@ Zenwalker and The VAR Guy.

Check these pages for Dell laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled for Indian Markets:

1. http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-vostro-a840?c=in&l=en&s=bsd&cs=inbsd1

2. http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-vostro-a860?c=in&l=en&s=bsd&cs=inbsd1

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:01:11 +0000

Zenwalker: The VAR Guy speaks with Dell regularly and he will check this out for you. Give him a few days to get an answer from the company.

By: Zenwalker

Zenwalker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:16:02 +0000

I wish Dell starts supporting Linux (ubuntu) in Indian Markets asap.

By: DW

DW — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:56:17 +0000

Dell still has some improvements to make.

I’ve run Linux since RedHat 7.2 I’ve built every desktop I’ve owned. But this time, I decided to let Dell take care of it, and so I just bought a Dell Ubuntu box. And even though the partition is less advanced than I am used to, I was going to keep the Dell install of Ubuntu.

They shipped me a Dell with 8.04, and not 8.04.1. When I went to run the updates, it needed to update 700MB / 900+ packages.

To top it off, I also got:
“Warning

You are about to install software that can’t be authenticated. Doing this could allow a malicious individual to damage or take control of your system.” – not acceptable

“NOT AUTHENTICATED”
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-generic
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic”

Dell also complicates the Ubuntu and Firefox updates by installing more than necessary language (packs).

After installing Firefox (3.0.1) through the packaging system, I got:
“Incompatible Add-ons”

Xulrunner (sq) 1.9
Xulrunner (bs) 1.9
Firefox (et) 3.0
etc.”

Most of these were the language plugins that didn’t need to be there.

I think Ubuntu is ready for people. My Dad runs Kubuntu, and my mother run Xubuntu. I just don’t think Dell + Ubuntu is ready for the public just yet. They need to throw a little more QA at this project and user experience testing.

I’ve since formatted by Dubuntu machine and put Ubuntu on it, and my experience has been a lot better.

I hope they advertise, but I hope they have the user experience improved when they do.

It’s so close . . . I can taste it.

By: Chris Samuel

Chris Samuel — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:15:37 +0000

Sadly my contacts in Dell Australia have confirmed that we will not be getting the Mini 9 with Ubuntu here, you have to have Windows XP whether you want it or not.