Comments on: Canonical’s Four Most Important Ubuntu Partners (So Far)

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:05:22 +0000

Just asking. But is JP, John Pope from Dell?

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:57:06 +0000

I think it’s MS dirty tactics once again. If you search for “Mini 10″ in Dell’s web page, there is one hit for “Home & Home Office” (where I am sure 99% of the customers end up) and a “Small & Medium Business” hit. Only the latter offers Ubuntu customization.

By: Jef Spaleta

Jef Spaleta — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:53:22 +0000

JP:
Well that’s a relief. Hmm…how did you navigate to that page?

I honestly can’t seem to navigate to it starting from any obvious starting point inside the Dell website.

From dell.com I select Laptops and Minis from the “For Home” menu. Then I select mini 10 and 10v to arrive here:
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-10&s=dhs&cs=19

From there I select customize 10v and there is no Ubuntu option listed for the 10v while both listed mini 10 options have a listed Ubuntu customize option.

Did I take a wrong turn somewhere? I’m more than willing to chalk this up to Dell dropping the ball on their website layout.

-jef

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:46:15 +0000

Sorry: backs -> bucks, I should read twice!

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:45:12 +0000

@JP: BEAUTIFULL deal! For 5 more backs you get a 16Gb SSD, what more could I need? Too bad I am not on the market for a netbook right now! Hope they have something like this around XMas!

By: JP

JP — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:17:10 +0000

@Jef – you just have your windows blinders on. The 10v is shipping with either ubuntu or windows even though MS bought the primary ad space. Dell is committed to Ubuntu…every mini 10 has an ubuntu option.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DNDOFM2&s=dhs

is the mini 10v with ubuntu

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:15 +0000

@Mike: I agree with the VAR Guy. Canonical needs to turn profitable in order to sustain Ubuntu. Many people working today on Ubuntu, including developers, etc, are paid by Canonical. Today, this means a paycheck pretty much from Mark. GNU/Linux is still grassroots, but sometimes you need some full-time people working on a distro to achieve a superior level of integration and polish … there people need a paycheck

By: jaklumen

jaklumen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:36:31 +0000

I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing that Dell has gone with an LTS version of Ubuntu; I think much of the mainstream of computer users are fairly conservative as far as leaning more towards stable and predictable over progressive and cutting edge. I mean, look at the Eee PCs: they ship with Xandros if you choose but there’s a large community of users that use other distros.

As to the limited availability of Ubuntu on Dell products, well, I don’t know enough about that to comment.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:02:59 +0000

Dunno. I guess we’ll have to wait for the resident blogger to find out.

By: Jef Spaleta

Jef Spaleta — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:38:15 +0000

@aikiwolfie:

Is dell offering Ubuntu pre-installed on the 10v yet?
I saw articles refering to statements by dell execs saying that Ubuntu would be offering side by side with windows at 10v launch

http://www.betanews.com/article/Dell-changes-its-Windows-vs-Linux-netbook-strategy-plans-new-subsidized-model/1242236699

but looking at dell’s site I can’t seem to find an option to preload a 10v with Ubuntu. And I’m in the US. Is the 10v being offering with Ubuntu pre-loaded and I’m just missing it? Or did Dell fail to launch Ubuntu pre-installed 10v simultaneously? If so, did something change since that May betanews article with regard to Dell’s commitment for Ubuntu on the 10v?

-jef