Ubuntu Look

More laptop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux are coming from Dell Inc. in response to demand from potential customers around the world.

Starting Wednesday, Dell will offer Ubuntu Linux 7.10 on its XPS 1330 laptops in France, Germany, Spain and the U.K., the company said on its Direct2Dell blog. U.S. customers will be able to order the machines in “a week or so,” the company said.

For customers in Spain, this will be the first time that Dell has offered a pre-loaded computer for sale with Ubuntu Linux. Pricing details for the U.S. machines were not available.

Read more at PC World

Though Lotus Notes was originally designed for OS/2, IBM responded to customer demands and ported its software over to Microsoft’s platform and still supports Windows XP and Vista. But now IBM is breaking its chains to Microsoft by embracing Linux and the open source community.

IBM just announced that it “. . . will offer an integrated Open Collaboration Client Solution with support for Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system from Canonical Ltd.”

Read more at tech.blorge