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Dell is sticking with Ubuntu

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I really don’t know how this rumor got started, but there are people talking about Dell no longer shipping Ubuntu-powered PCs. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The rumor might have started because Dell’s U.S. Ubuntu sales page currently only shows Ubuntu-powered laptops and netbooks without a desktop PC in sight. That’s because, according to Anne Camden, a Dell spokesperson, “We are currently transitioning desktop models, moving from the previous generation desktop (Inspiron 530) to a current generation Inspiron desktop. The Ubuntu Linux desktop offering should be back on the Website soon.”

Other sources at Dell tell me that Dell Ubuntu-powered netbooks continue to sale well. Dell will not be leaving desktop Linux.

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