"As of today, consumers can purchase the XPS M1330N and Inspiron 1525N laptops and Inspiron 530N desktop with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed at http://www.dell.com/ubuntu," wrote Dell's Anne B. Camden, in a blog entry on Friday.
The PCs with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-loaded are available to consumers in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, "and many Latin American countries (like Mexico and Columbia)," said Daniel Judd, also of Dell, in his own blog on the same day. Dell previously issued an option for Ubuntu 8.03 on some models.
During the LinuxWorld San Francisco time frame in early August, Dell will also add the XPS M1530n and the new Studio 15n to the line-up of PCs available with Hardy Heron as an alternative to Windows, according to Judd, who is product group strategist at Dell.
Actually, before Dell began pre-installing Ubuntu on some models, the first Dell PCs with Linux were offered not by Dell's North American arm, but by Dell's Web site in France, which back in 2005 sold a laptop pre-installed with Mandrake, the predecessor to Mandriva Linux.
"Great work Dell! Do you have any plans for the Italy market?" wrote one end user, in response to Camden's post.
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