TD Staff Canonical and Dell have teamed up and decided to launch laptops preloaded with Ubuntu. These new laptops will run on a Linux-based operating system called as ‘Ubuntu’ which will be available in 850 retail stores across India, these retail stores will have trained employees to brief people about the benefits of Ubuntu. Both the companies have joined hands in order to provide their consumers with extensive range of laptop configurations.
President of Dell India, Sameer Garde commented, “With Ubuntu, these machines offer our customers a compelling mobile or in-home computing proposition, with the benefit of Dell quality and security. I am confident that they will prove attractive to both home and business users.”
CEO of Canonical, Jane Silber told, “A founding principle of Ubuntu is to make computing more accessible. By working with Dell to bring these machines to market, we’re providing millions of people with the opportunity of an affordable, high-quality computing experience – in some cases, for the first time.”
Dell is considered to be among the top manufacturers of laptops in the country and with the launch of Ubuntu, these laptops are likely to go for higher sales. Ubuntu is a ‘Long Term Support’ and has a 5 year support life from Canonical. Itprovides an intuitive user interface for which it is already been appreciated by analysts and people all over the globe. It includes a rebase to the 3.2 kernel and a support for Xen virtualization.
So, with the introduction of Ubuntu in Dell laptops, will you prefer to buy these laptops?
