System76 Prepares Ubuntu 9.10 PCs, Notebooks

As major PC makers prepare to introduce Windows 7 systems on Oct. 22, upstarts like System76 are maintaining their focus on the Ubuntu market and preparing to preload Ubuntu 9.10 on a range of PCs starting Oct. 29. Here’s a preview of what’s to come.

I traded email on Oct. 13 with Carl Richell, president of System76 — which offers Ubuntu on servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks. Richell offered these thoughts…