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<A title=timchampion@gmail.com href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com">Tim
Champion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cialug@cialug.org
href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Cialug] Dell's Ubuntu
Netbook</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Ok, I've been active in Dell's Ideastorm community, which is
dominated by Linux evangelists.<BR><BR>Also, if you are a netbook fan, Dell
has an Inspiron Mini 9 that looks a lot like the other netbooks out there from
MSI, Acer, Asus. The big news is that they now offer Ubuntu on it as a
"primary" option, and not hidden off in a deep, dark corner in the bowels of
Dell.com, where the rest of Dell's Ubuntu offereings are hiding. <BR><BR>They
went further, and made the Ubuntu version $40 cheaper than the XP version
across the board. This is a huge step forward. Previously, OEMs
have been able to "give away" Windows because of all the kickbacks they get
from the crapware vendors. A windows licence might cost dell $20, but then
they get $25 from the crapware vendors to load up your shiney new PC with a
bunch of garbage you don't want or need. <BR><BR>I'm very happy seeing
the Ubuntu Mini 9's $40 less than equivilant XP models. If you are
looking for a netbook with Linux, and want to reward a company for doing the
right thing in supporting Linux as a primary option on main-stream computers,
please check out Dell's Mini 9<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?cs=19&s=dhs&ref=homepg">http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?cs=19&s=dhs&ref=homepg</A><BR><BR>Wow,
an Ubuntu computer FEATURED on the hope page of Dell.com. What's the
world coming to? *looks out the window for flying pigs*<BR><BR clear=all>Tim
Champion<BR><A
href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com">timchampion@gmail.com</A><BR></DIV>
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