Dell extends Ubuntu Linux offer in the UK

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By Miya Knights
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PC maker says the popularity of Linux-based machines has prompted it to add another laptop pre-installed with Ubuntu to its range.

Dell is adding to its Linux-based computer range in the UK after a successful first foray into the market for machines running the free operating system.

The PC maker said it will offer Ubuntu Linux 7.10 on its XPS 1330n laptops in the UK, France, Germany and Spain from Wednesday on its Direct2Dell blog, while US customers will be able to take advantage of the offer in "a week or so".

It added that this move was in response to requests from around the globe to extend the Linux OS computers offer, after its initial launch last May. And it will be the first time the offer is available to Spanish customers.

Dell launched three computers loaded with the open source OS last year, including two desktops and an Inspiron E1505n notebook.

The Dell UK site quoted a price of around 600 for the basic XPS 1330n laptop specification, but this does not include technical support for the Ubuntu OS.

Miya Knights
Miya Knights

A 25-year veteran enterprise technology expert, Miya Knights applies her deep understanding of technology gained through her journalism career to both her role as a consultant and as director at Retail Technology Magazine, which she helped shape over the past 17 years. Miya was educated at Oxford University, earning a master’s degree in English.

Her role as a journalist has seen her write for many of the leading technology publishers in the UK such as ITPro, TechWeekEurope, CIO UK, Computer Weekly, and also a number of national newspapers including The Times, Independent, and Financial Times.