No more Windows Tax
They are here! The coveted Dell Linux Systems are now on sale, shipping preinstalled with Ubuntu! This is so awesome, I feel obliged to bring the Dell Dude out of retirement.
Dell Dude! Show us how awesome is the Dell Ubuntu line:
Dude! You’re getting a Dell!
Jeff Artwood is right - it is the beginning of the end of the Windows Tax. Whether you like Linux or hate it, it is a good thing. For the first time in a very long time we have a major hardware vendor offer it’s customers a working, fully functional non-windows alternative. The FreeDos machines they sold before were just a half assed attempt. This is the first time the non-windows machines actually work right out of the box.
Let’s hope other vendors will follow suit, and start releasing Linux and BSD based package deals to give customers some more choice. Hopefully Windows Tax will soon be a thing of the past.
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