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Dell Linux Strategies And Solutions 2003
White Papers When Dell embraced Linux, it signaled the market that customer demand was evident. Offering Windows and Linux across its Intel-based product line gave Dell an effective way to compete with both its direct Wintel competitors as well as the UNIX...
[February 3, 2006, 0:01]
Dell Linux Laptop Debuts
News Dell has launched a laptop pre-installed with Mandriva Linux with a price tag of €759 (£510). Dell is not the first PC vendor to offer laptops pre-installed with Linux. The Dell laptop is a Latitude 110L model with a 15-inch screen, DVD drive, Wi...
[September 19, 2005, 17:20]
Dell's Linux PCs Withheld From UK
News Dell will not sell Linux PCs in the UK — at least for the time being. Dell's customers have waited a long time for a pre-installed Linux operating system. Over 130,000 users of Dell's IdeaStorm forum have "promoted" a suggestion that the vendor...
[May 3, 2007, 11:37]
Dell's Linux PC Launch Founders
News Dell's Linux PC launch has gone belly up as the computer supplier admitted it has been hit by "gremlins". Dell said on Tuesday that it would launch two PCs with a pre-installed Linux operating system today.
[August 8, 2007, 18:25]
Dell Launches Linux PCs In The UK
News Dell has launched two PC models with a pre-installed Linux operating system in the UK. Charlie Tebbs, marketing director for Dell's EMEA consumer division, said: "Dell is continuing to deliver on our commitment to give customers what they're asking...
[August 7, 2007, 15:19]
Linux Is Dell's Big Chance
Leader Dell says that it'll certify some desktop and laptop hardware for Novell SuSE Linux, but mostly it wants to wait and see. When the market decides on the best Linux distribution, Dell will commit — in other words, it will hang about until the winner...
[March 1, 2007, 14:34]
Dell Does Linux As Well As Nothing
Talkback Dell does ship systems with linux as well as systems with nothing installed. Linux Preinstalled http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/precn_n? Nothing installed http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries?
[March 17, 2007, 5:00]
Linux Slips Off Dell's PCs
News Citing slow demand for the operating system on client PCs over the last several quarters, a Dell spokesman said the PC maker chose to stop preinstalling RedHat Linux on desktop and notebook models. In addition, Dell will likely continue to offer...
[August 3, 2001, 8:30]
Dell Yields To Linux Demands
News Faced with mounting user demands for PCs with a Linux operating system, Dell has finally yielded, announcing on Tuesday that it would provide a limited number of systems with pre-installed Ubuntu. Thousands of users made their requests through the...
[May 2, 2007, 15:11]
Dell Adds A Linux Dimension
News Despite its affinity for selling Windows-based computers, Dell is also a staunch supporter of Linux. On the desktop, Dell has been installing Linux on its Precision workstations for a couple years. Dell began offering a new desktop PC on Tuesday...
[October 5, 2005, 9:40]
Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management - Dell Edition Business White Paper
White Papers As proponents of Linux, Novell and Dell are aware of its management needs and have jointly addressed the issue with industry-leading management tools. Now, they have expanded their well-established partnership to integrate two of these tools - the...
[June 7, 2006, 1:00]
Dell Offers Discount On Linux PCs
News Dell will offer its Linux PCs for $50 (£24) less than the equivalent Windows PCs, the company has revealed on one of its websites. The figure applies to Dell's Inspiron 1420 notebook, which offers the Ubuntu Linux distribution pre-installed.
[July 4, 2007, 17:59]
Dell To Factory-install SuSE Linux
News Dell is expected to announce a partnership on Wednesday to offer Novell's SuSE Linux factory-installed on new servers, CNET News.com has learned. Dell has long offered market-leading Red Hat Linux as an operating system that can be installed in the...
[October 27, 2004, 8:20]
Dell To Factory-install SuSE Linux
Talkback Wohoo, finally a good desktop Linux Operating System is available from Dell. I'm getting a new computer in about a month so I know I will be checking them out!
[October 27, 2004, 13:36]
Dell Runs Oracle9i RAC On Linux
White Papers See how Dell are reducing operational costs and providing their customers a more reliable service by running their business on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on Linux.
[July 19, 2003, 0:00]
Dell Serial And Telnet Interfaces Ease Migration From UNIX To Linux
White Papers This white paper explains how administrators can use serial and Telnet interfaces provided by Dell to perform configuration and server management in a Linux environment. Administrators migrating enterprise systems from a UNIX operating system (OS...
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
Dell Linux Laptop Debuts
Talkback Perhaps Dell is only doing this because they see it as way of selling cheaper systems.at least ones that appear cheaper. Does Dell really think the demand is there? Dell will not release this in the United States, at least not until they figure out...
[September 20, 2005, 1:14]
Pressure Mounts On Dell Over Linux PCs
News More than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on Dell to offer Linux-based PCs outside of the US. The decision to sell PCs with pre-loaded Linux came as a result of pressure from visitors to the IdeaStorm website, Dell's user forum.
[June 18, 2007, 17:06]
Cairns City Council Saves Up To 75 Percent In Software, Hardware And Maintenance Costs Running Oracle On Linux On Dell
White Papers Its implementation of the Oracle/Dell solution makes it one of the first in Australia to implement enterprise-class business applications on Linux on Dell. Cairns City Council is a local government office servicing the residents of tropical far...
[August 16, 2004, 0:00]
Implementing Logical Volumes On Linux-based Dell PowerEdge Servers
White Papers This white paper describes LVM and presents scenarios for using LVM to resize storage volumes on Dell PowerEdge and PowerVault systems running the Red Hat Linux operating system. Sistina Logical Volume Manager (LVM) software provides an abstraction...
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
