“Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) is preparing to add Linux to
desktop PCs, putting itself in the position of offering the
operating system as a check-off option alongside Microsoft’s
Windows 95, 98 and NT, according to report to appear in the Aug. 9
issue of Inter@ctive Week.”
“The Internet newspaper’s senior technology writer, Charles
Babcock, learned that the PC hardware vendor’s popular Dimension
desktops, priced from less than $900 to $2,200, will be available
with Linux by October. This was confirmed by a Dell spokesman who
said the company also will offer Linux as an option on its Inspiron
notebook line by the end of the year.”
“Dell has previously offered Linux as an option on servers,
workstations and business computers. IBM offers Linux on its
Intel-based Netfinity servers, but the Dell move to put Linux on a
consumer and mass-market PC flanks its rivals, industry observers
told Inter@ctive Week.”