Dell unveils three consumer systems featuring Linux OS

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Dell unveils three consumer systems featuring Linux OS
Press release, May 24; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Thursday 24 May 2007]

Dell has unveiled three consumer systems – the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktop PCs and the Inspiron E1505n notebook – that are now available with Ubuntu 7.04 Linux as the factory installed operating system.

Dell is offering hardware options on each system that have the most mature and stable Linux driver support, according to the company, which added that these hardware options have been thoroughly tested and certified by Canonical (the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu). For hardware options not offered with this release, Dell is working with the vendors of those devices to improve the maturity and stability of their associated Linux drivers, and expects to have a broader range of hardware support with Linux over time.

Model	Inspiron E1505n	Dimension E520n	XPS 410n
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080	Intel Core 2 Duo E4300	Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
Memory	512MB shared memory	1GB shared memory	1GB shared memory
VGA	Intel Media Accelerator 950 Graphics	256MB Nvidia GeForce 7300LE TurboCache	256MB Nvidia GeForce 7300LE TurboCache
Price	Starting at US$599	Starting at US$599	Starting at US$849
LCD	15.4-inch TrueLife WXGA display	17-inch flat panel display	19-inch flat panel display

Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, May 2007

Dell XPS 410n

Dell XPS 410n
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