[LUNI] FW: [Chicago] can I buy a ubuntu dell from a local store?

[Roberto Serrano]

That is true only for a few minutes.

Generally they update the ubuntu site with in minutes of price changes, to
always be $50 less than a similar configuration with Vista Home.

Roberto

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Mike Scott <luni at pyewacket.org> wrote:

> I seem to remember reading that it's cheaper to buy a Dell with Windows
> and then blow it away and install Linux.
> Apparently, Dell doesn't offer the same deals on Linux boxen that it
> does on 'dozers'.  Though I hate to pay the "Microsoft Tax" on any
> hardware, that might be the quickest way to get running, and cheaper in
> the long run.
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [LUNI] FW: [Chicago] can I buy a ubuntu dell from a local
> > store?
> > From: sean lynch <sean-lynch at sean-lynch.com>
> > Date: Tue, March 11, 2008 1:09 pm
> > To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> > <luni at luni.org>
> >
> > Dell specific Ubuntu iso's are linked to here for various models:
> > http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_7.10
> >
> > You must still choose hardware as in Trev's e-mail.
>
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