With the release of Ubuntu 7.10 and Fedora 8, Phoronix did some performance testing of the two distros. Who won? See page 5 of the Phoronix article.

Dell just seems to keep coming back to the Linux/open-source news these days. After testing the waters with Ubuntu, they have recently expanded their Linux offerings to other countries and other distributions. It really seems clear that they believe in open-source. Just today, there are two new Dell stories, both about them planning to offer another open-source product.

Although Ubuntu is very prominent on the desktop side of Linux, they are not widely used on the server side. Recently, they have been trying to change that and it looks like they are succeeding. The Linux News reported that Dell is close to certifying Ubuntu for its servers. In further proof that Dell cares about open-source, Linux Insider reported that Dell would also be offering Sun’s OpenSolaris and Solaris 10, again of its servers, soon.