“It came out earlier this week that Dell will soon offer
computers running Linux instead of Windows. Not all of its
machines, obviously–the company wants to stay in business–but
Linux will be an option on at least two desktops and one laptop
models.“It’s going to be an interesting experiment. Linux is an
incredibly powerful operating system, but it’s a tinkerers’ OS
designed to let you get under the hood. There is also a huge base
of developers who are coming up with new features, new software,
and better ways to do things…”