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posted by mrpg on Friday November 17 2017, @05:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-isn't-it-free? dept.

Dude, you're gettin' a Dell!

The whole juggernaut that is now Linux on Dell started as the brainchild of two core individuals, Barton George (Senior Principal Engineer) and Jared Dominguez (OS Architect and Linux Engineer).

It was their vision that began it all back in 2012. It was long hours, uncertain futures and sheer belief that people really did want Linux laptops that sustained them. Here is the untold story of how Dell gained the top spot in preinstalled Linux on laptops.

[...] This first attempt at Linux on laptops failed mainly because most non-technical users were blinded by the cheap price and didn't understand what they were actually buying.

[...] This time the duo had the right initial market. It was big, commercial web-scale operators and their developers who were crying out for a fully supported Linux laptop.

People who do technical work, like Linux. People who don't, don't.


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  • (Score: 2) by el_oscuro on Saturday November 18 2017, @05:49AM

    by el_oscuro (1711) on Saturday November 18 2017, @05:49AM (#598584)

    I got my first Dell desktop in 2006, and an Inspiron 1525 laptop in 2007. Both came with Ubuntu pre installed. The desktop died a few years go, but I still have the laptop with 16.04 Mate edition. It's kind of on it legs now but it still works.

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