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Canonical and Dell are pleased to announce a partnership to offer Ubuntu 7.04 on select desktop and notebook products. This is a great news for all Ubuntu users..

The idea of offering pre-installed Linux on more Dell systems initially started with a discussion and survey on IdeaStorm, Dell's popular online customer forum. In that month-long online survey, more than 70 percent of the respondents said they would use a Dell system with the Linux OS for both home and office use if it were available.

The Round Rock, Texas-based company said that it received more than 100,000 responses in the survey, which ended March 23.

Dell is now making Ubuntu Linux available through a partnership with Canonical, the commercial, European-based sponsor of this open-source operating system (OS).

For those who donna what Ubuntu is : Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'humanity to others' or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution of Linux, their site proclaims, "brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world."

Check it out ! Dell has a placeholder for Ubuntu at dell.com/ubuntu.

Note : Dell has also decided that, as a matter of policy, open source drivers from kernel.org will be used whenever possible for Linux desktop and notebook computers.

PN : "Dell recommends Windows Vista™ Business." is pasted on almost every webpage of the Dell.com website.

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