Ubuntu on Dell - Good for Linux or just for Canonical?

Posted by Sander_Marechal on May 2, 2007 3:15 AM EDT
Lone Wolves; By Sander Marechal
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Dell hasn't stated yet exactly on which models it will provide pre-installed Ubuntu, but Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has a nice analysis of the different options and most likely models. One thing sticks out from that list: as bigg on the LXer forum has noticed, they all have Nvidia cards and Broadcom 1390 wireless cards. Will Dell be shipping machines with no hardware 3D and wireless support? That can't be good for Linux! But it's certainly going to be good for Canonical selling paid support...

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