Dell's Increasingly Excellent Linux Adventures

"I think it's great that a prominent OEM like Dell is releasing a Linux based laptop," said Google+ blogger Linux Rants. "I think they all should, and they shouldmarket those computers to the general population." The average consumer would surely be interested in Linux's many advantages "if only they knew about them."

The weather outside may be frightful, to adapt a phrase for the scorched and overheated world here in the Northern hemisphere, but there's no denying that July is turning out to be delightful for our favorite operating system.

Not only did Linux get a heaping helping of recognition in the big Higgs Boson announcement recently, but we also saw MeeGo make an exciting new comeback in the mobile world.

'Project Sputnik'

First there was Project Sputnik, which was launched as a pilot project in May but just recently graduated and became a real,working product plan.

The result: Coming from Dell this fall will be a developer-oriented laptop preloaded with Ubuntu Linux "Precise Pangolin."

'I Think It's Great'

"It's nice to see Dell trying, again," opined Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza. "With the average user spending most of their time in Chrome, which is now the supported source of flash on Linux, there's less reason than ever before to avoid it."

'Marketing Could Be the Tipping Point'

The average consumer would surely be interested in Linux's many advantages "if only they knew about them," Linux Rants said.

'Dell Has to Compete'

Actually, Dell never stopped shipping GNU/Linux PCs, blogger Robert Pogson told Linux Girl.

"They are selling in 1K+ retail stores in China and India," he noted. "In Brazil, in Walmart, where Dell sells only one PC with '7,' Positivo, a Brazilian company, sells 21 PCs with GNU/Linux.