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Everyone was excited when Dell announced they would sell Ubuntu computers, but every since it has been a downhill road. For one thing, Dell keeps randomly changing their selection. Today they have four computers on their Ubuntu site, by the end of this week they might have 7. Between random website glitches and actual changes, you can’t predict what machines they will be selling when you check.
Another issue is that there are some out of the box issues with some of their computers. I haven’t tried competing Ubuntu laptops, but it seems like they could fix these problems instead of making users fix them.
Dell needs to look at Ubuntu again and decide if they want to be in or out of the game. Right now Microsoft hates them for offering Ubuntu and Linux-users hate them for messing it up. If Dell is going to sell Ubuntu machines, they should put a little more time into testing and keep their offerings constant.
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ya they should really take a look at system76
Dell is not permitted by the Monopoly to sell Ubuntu head to head on a machine that runs Blista. If they did, they would lose their discount. There are other conditions. They are not permitted to sell it in a way that would let them succeed at it.
No one is powerful enough to stand up to the Monopoly, not even our government, so the consumers must pay.
manny – I agree. While I am quite happy with my Dell, next time I will probably be checking out either System76 or Zareason. Unless I decide to take a shot at building a laptop (doesn’t have all the advantages of building a desktop).