Dell Officially Offering Linux, Free LoJack for Laptops

Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:58PM EDT

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As a follow-up to these previous stories on Dell's flirtation with Linux for its PC customers, the company is finally making it official: Linux will be rolling out in the near future, though the company has not set a date for the launch nor has it picked a distribution it will be offering. Ensuring drivers work properly is probably the company's next big challenge: Many may have to be created from scratch, depending on which flavor of Linux the company goes with, and how many peripherals it plans to support by default.

In related news, Dell is quietly upgrading its LoJack for Laptops offering, rolled out in February. If you purchase an XPS laptop, Dell is now including one year of LoJack for free. All you have to do is register your computer with Computrace (which sells the LoJack software) to activate the service. (I just got the word on this direct from Dell this morning, so there's no link yet for additional information.)

Lots of great news out of Dell these days. Now that Michael Dell is back at the helm as CEO, is the company experiencing a renaissance of sorts? Something to chew on over the weekend. But, if nothing else, Dell PCs are certainly looking more enticing than ever.

LINK: Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux 

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  • 1 Posted by cuplacaiazzas on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:32PM EDT Report Abuse

    This is great! I hope this is the start of a mass exodus from Windows to Linux. At a bare minimum, this should force Microsoft to develop some better products. Any way you look at it, MS fan or not, this is good news for the computing world.

  • 2 Posted by moogee@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:25PM EDT Report Abuse

    I hope I can load it into my Mac intel. And would like to see web cams made for Linux.

  • 3 Posted by damnyankeega on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:34PM EDT Report Abuse

    This is a nice change and hopefully a step forward for the more widespread acceptance of Linux. One problem Linux users like me have is getting drivers for some hardware. This can only encourage hardware manufacturers to be more forthcoming with Linux support.

  • 5 Posted by skshaddix on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:26PM EDT Report Abuse

    Microsoft...you can scoop one out of the catbox & cover it in chocolate, but that don't make it a candy bar, &, in my opinion, that's what you've done with Vista. You would be well served to offer XP until you actually come up with a better OS. I'm about to put Linux on one of my machines. I think, as time goes on, there will be much more pressure for Linux compatability. In closing, thanks to Dell for the Linux option, and, now, for the reintroduction of XP as an option. I don't have complete love for Dell, but, this definitely makes me feel a bit more warm & fuzzy toward them...

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