Peter
The BBC are reporting that Dell have chosen to use Ubuntu on some of their desktop systems.
"Dell are going to work with us to make sure Ubuntu works fully on its hardware," said Chris Kenyon, Ubuntu's director of business development."For us it is a strong endorsement of Ubuntu and the unique support model we provide," he told the BBC.
Open-source software is developed by thousands of developers, and is usually free to use and download.
Firms like Canonical make money by providing software support for users of the operating system.
This could address something I looked at a while back, which is the lack of OEM Linux bundling and has to be good news for desktop Linux, Ubuntu and free software in general.
I can only applaud Dell for this move!
