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Posted on ZDNet News: Jul 27, 2007 11:52:00 AM

Dell will soon offer more personal computers that use the Linux operating system as opposed to Microsoft Windows, said the founder of a company that offers Linux support services.

Mark Shuttleworth, who created the Ubuntu version of Linux and founded Canonical to provide support for it, said that Dell is happy with the demand it has seen for Linux PCs, which Dell introduced in May.

Dell, the world's second-largest PC maker after Hewlett-Packard, now offers five consumer PCs that run Ubuntu Linux.

"What's been announced to date is not the full extent of what we will see over the next couple of weeks and months," Shuttleworth said this week in an interview. "There are additional offerings in the pipeline."

Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden declined comment, saying the company does not discuss products in the pipeline. She added that Dell has been pleased with customer response to its Linux PCs.

The Linux OS is seen as the biggest threat to Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Companies like Shuttleworth's privately held Canonical, as well as Red Hat and Novell, make money by selling standardized versions of Linux programs and support contracts to service them.

Shuttleworth said his company is not in discussions with HP or any of the other top five PC makers to introduce machines equipped with Ubuntu. The other three top PC makers are Lenovo, Acer and Toshiba.

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Nah, it's none of those...
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Way to go Dell  nucrash | 07/27/07
No, way to go Linux AND Dell  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
That's not what it says  John Zern | 07/27/07
If they are not happy with Windows  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
Not sure about numbers  THEE WOLF | 07/27/07
One correction  THEE WOLF | 07/27/07
That's hardly a scientific study  John Zern | 07/27/07
That's why there is the disclaimer in there  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
People are NOT happy with you!  NonZealot | 07/27/07
You do realize  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
Another factor that you should consider  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
RE: Another factor that you should consider  joe6pack_z | 07/28/07
Comparison of suckage factor  NewEnergyWorks | 07/30/07
Wrong Again Bucko  Albee_Freeoneday | 01/26/08
Even better, this DESTROYS OSX!!  NonZealot | 07/27/07
It's time for change . . .  piperthor@... | 07/27/07
It's time for change ... and more importantly...  dumptux | 07/27/07
RE: Time for change  morph000 | 07/30/07
Dell to offer more Linux PCs, Ubuntu's creator says  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/07
Then sell your Dell stock; I'll be happy to buy it.  Palmetto | 07/27/07
I don't have Dell stock  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/07
Oh BIll. . . I'm sorry, I mean Loverock  boilers78 | 07/30/07
Shuttleworth's Rich, But Not THAT Rich. (n/t)  dumptux | 07/27/07
kernel panics and recompiles of source code?  galileon | 07/27/07
That's easy!!  NonZealot | 07/27/07
I meant with Ubuntu  galileon | 07/27/07
Oh, you expected a serious answer?  NonZealot | 07/27/07
I had Xorg crap out a while back...  Tony Agudo | 07/27/07
Screensavers  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/07
NVIDIA & ATI  galileon | 07/28/07
did you file a feature request/bug report?  galileon | 07/28/07
My experience with it...  Henry Miller | 07/28/07
Even Microsoft is trying to deal in Linux these days ...  George Mitchell | 07/27/07
Have You even tried Linux  rootwad | 07/27/07
Have You even tried Linux--Anything Prior to 2006 Doesn't Count!  dumptux | 07/27/07
Tried it  Northlite | 07/30/07
FUD Alert! FUD Alert! Ding ding ding ding!  Henry Miller | 07/28/07
RE: Dell to offer more Linux PCs, Ubuntu's creator says  joe6pack_z | 07/28/07
Nah, it's none of those...  justchange@... | 01/26/08
Sorry, where's your top selling PC company?  odubtaig | 07/29/07
Message reported!  Old Timer 8080 | 07/30/07
Stale  Freebird54 | 08/01/07
It's all about the cost of support.  bjbrock | 07/27/07
Dell Ubuntu  dewee | 07/27/07
On the purchasers can make this work  Boot_Agnostic | 07/27/07
more nails in M$ coffin!  Linux Geek | 07/27/07
I meant with Ubuntu  galileon | 07/27/07
sorry  galileon | 07/27/07
Where's Don?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/07
he would...  Monkey_MCSE | 07/27/07
He was  Boot_Agnostic | 07/29/07
If ZDNet journalists were up to snuff,  mhenriday | 07/30/07
I've been using Linux...  victor@... | 07/30/07
Put your money where your....  elijlyn | 07/30/07
Just waiting on 17" laptop  TripleII | 07/30/07
PCLinuxOS to be installed  TripleII | 07/30/07
Try...  victor@... | 07/30/07
Fiesty fawn  Joerobyte | 07/30/07
Overblown rhetoric  Sagax- | 07/31/07
ZDNet code violation!  Freebird54 | 08/01/07
Buy what you choose, or choose not to buy  Boot_Agnostic | 08/01/07

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