Just over a month ago, Dell announced that it planned to start offering desktop and notebook systems with Linux pre-installed. Now, eWeek reports that Dell will most likely select Canonical's Ubuntu Linux as the distribution of choice for those machines. Dell hasn't made an official announcement yet, but eWeek quotes multiple sources within Dell as saying that Ubuntu will indeed be chosen.
That choice wouldn't be too surprising, seeing as Dell CEO Michael Dell himself recently revealed that he runs Ubuntu Linux on his personal Dell Precision M90 notebook. Ubuntu also happens to be the most popular Linux distribution choice, judging by the 2006 Desktop Linux Survey as well as recent Google search trends. According to eWeek's sources, Dell will start pre-loading the recently released 7.04 version of Ubuntu Linux on a Dell e-series "Essential" Dimension desktop, an XPS desktop, and an e-series Inspiron notebook in late May.
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