<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>
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