Acer Installing Linux on Some Notebooks, But Not Ubuntu | Linux Today

Acer Installing Linux on Some Notebooks, But Not Ubuntu

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 1, 2007

“Acer Inc. did not install the Ubuntu Linux distribution on a
batch of Aspire notebooks for sale in Singapore, but the company is
installing a different version of the open-source operating system
on some notebooks, local dealers said.

“Memory World (S) Ltd. is selling an Aspire 5107Z notebook with
Ubuntu installed. Priced at S$999 (US$660), it comes with a 1.73GHz
Intel Corp. Core Duo processor, a 15.4-inch screen, 1G byte of DDR2
(double data rate 2) memory, an 80G-byte hard disk, and a one-year
international warranty…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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