InternetDell Upgrades Linux PCs To Ubuntu's Hardy Heron (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April.

Dell on Friday launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April. Dell is offering Ubuntu 8.04 on the consumer systems in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico and Colombia. The open source operating system is available on the XPS M1330N and the Inspiron 1525N notebooks and the Inspiron 530N desktop. In early August, Dell plans to add the XPS M1530N and the Studio 15N notebooks to the line-up. The releases will be in time for LinuxWorld, which runs Aug. 4-7 in San Francisco. At the conference, Dell plans to discuss where it sees the direction of Linux going in 2009. Dell has made the latest Linux image more accessible to a global audience by including the ability to select a language... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

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