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Don't limit Ubuntu sales (like the media's reporting you are doing) Linux, Sales Strategies submitted by jmxz 05/08/07 From: http://techiqmag.com/2007/05/08/dell-limits-ubuntu-linux-sales/ If you’re planning to load up on Dell’s new Ubuntu Linux systems for a corporate department or small business, Dell may have a surprise for you. As the old saying goes, read the fine print. Yeah, I know the article mentions you have similar limitations on Windows Home machines -- but don't limit the Ubuntu sales for small-businesses. It's not clear from the article if you intend to do that or not. 8 Comments » Release the Axim hardware specifications Broadband and Mobility, Service and Support submitted by jtzapp 05/09/07 **REVIEWED**
Now that Dell has gotten out of the handheld market, why not release the specifications for the chips et al, for the Axims? I would love to be able to run linux on my Axim X50v, and I'm sure I'm not the only one -- but that's not really going to happen unless developers can tailor the kernel to the hardware. Michael Dell and the rest of the company have recently made a public promise to further linux on Dell hardware, and this would go a long way towards engendering brand loyalty. I don't see how this can harm Dell in any way, and as I said, would certainly help to assure me that Dell doesn't want to leave its customers out in the cold even if they no longer sell the product. We're not asking for any sort of support whatsoever, just the ability to exercise our freedoms with respect to the products we purchase. Remove: "Dell recommends Windows Vista™..." from any publication Advertising and Marketing submitted by tho.meier 02/21/07
It would be nice to see advertising without any Micro$oft, from Dell. I think there is enough advertising for MS from MS it self. Advertise Ubuntu a little more loudly Advertising and Marketing, Linux submitted by zhinker 05/16/07 **NOT NOW**
I may be wrong about this but it doesn't seem to me like Dell's done any sort of advertising at all for the new Ubuntu pc's that it'll be rolling out soon, except for it's initial declaration I haven't heard a word about on any non-linux media (everyone using linux knows about it of course). Offer Vi Reference Mug as option or included with Linux OS's Linux submitted by jorge 05/23/07
Latitude products, Linux submitted by jmxz 05/24/07 Based on advice from dell_admin1 in this thread: http://ideastorm.com/article/show/67329 who writes Re: no OS on other models - you might want to pick a model you'd want to see added to Dell's n-series, and then post an idea specifically saying that. (unless you already have) Just a thought.it sounds like Dell is suggesting it's useful to submit IdeaStorm ideas on specific models. But dell_admin1: no, I don't really want the D630 "added to the n-series", where it seems computers often cost more for the same hardware - I want Ubuntu as a choice on the standard D630 which seems to have excellent price/value right now. 1 Comment » Pre-Installed Linux | Ubuntu | Fedora | OpenSUSE | Multi-Boot Linux, Operating Systems - Multiboot, Sales Strategies, Desktops and Laptops submitted by dhart 02/16/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**
Dell Ubuntu for Latin America and the rest of the world! Advertising and Marketing, Linux submitted by lucianotolfo 05/24/07
We want to have the possibility to buy a linux based dell pc in Latin America too and also in other parts of the world... would he real linux please stand up? Linux submitted by linuxxr 05/24/07 im a dell noob ,, although i have put linux on many dell computers in the past without hardly ANY problems,, with that said, ubuntu might be good for a windows convert but when it comes down to it,,, Slackware is the greatest mainly because,its a basic system ,,loaded with all kinds of software, an all kinds of packages can be got anywhere around the world, with a stability +++ rating ,and not to mention the fact thatthat its really fast and light on its feet.,,unlike a bunch of other linux"s i have used. u should see how many linux's are based on slackware. google it. its nice to have a friendly monarchy whose in the favor of the people thanks to Pat, slackware is the finest pile of patches evey assembled by anybody on earth IMHO 3 Comments » Give me a Linux Latitude! (D630, if only one...) Latitude products, Linux submitted by lordxale 05/25/07
The D620 is a great machine. The D630 is an even greater machine. When dedicated graphics are finally offered on it, I'll be buying one as soon as I can. However, I am also a Linux user. The options for getting rid of Windows on any of the Latitudes are unattractive at best. If I could either buy without Windows or, even better, buy one with Ubuntu 7.04 preloaded, I would be ecstatic. Sell Linux PCs Worldwide - not only the United States Linux, Sales Strategies, Desktops and Laptops submitted by ergo 05/02/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**
Dell has now decided to sell computers with Linux pre-installed. GREAT MOVE! But for the moment, it only concerns the US... Here outside the US, we can't wait to buy a pre-installed Linux Dell PC! Please sell Linux PCs worldwide! Linux, Operating Systems, Software submitted by jpe2000 05/30/07
I'm not really into pre-built but when my grandma got her $400 Dell I was impressed. It's all about personal friendships and school rivalries. [idea below] Dell, Linux submitted by jmxz 05/30/07
Background to help the idea make sense I'm starting to think bringing back Linux and XP is all about personal friendships than about money or technology. Ballmer even says as much in a different deal he brokered. It's been reported that Bill Gates and Michael Dell were friends; but what I didn't remember is that Balmer's a long time friend and classmate of Scott McNealy of Sun. The Red Wings jerseys are a symbol of McNealy's and Ballmer's Michigan roots. The two have been friends for a long time, McNealy said. They grew up across town from each other near Detroit and attended Harvard University and Stanford University together.The key in the Sun deal is to note that Balmer said that exchanging hockey jerseys with his former classmate was a "stronger statement" than the $2 billion they paid the Dell competitor the same day. This isn't about money - it's about egos of billionaires. It's about school rivalries. Back when it was the college dropout running Microsoft, there was great camaraderie between Microsoft and Dell. With Balmer's larger role, that love moved to his Stanford & Harvard buddies. So here's the idea Dell - if you have someone from Detroit who also went to both Harvard and Stanford Business School together with Ballmer like McNealy did - promote them to a president or better title and perhaps you can win back some of the same love (and $2 billion) Balmer gave his classmate McNealy. If not, team up more with an OS vendor led by someone has an entrepreneurial spirit that Michael Dell himself had -- founding a successful company while still studying in college. Oh, and I note that Mark Shuttleworth meets that description exactly - having founded Thawte while studying at University of Cape Town (UCT). Mark, of course is the CEO of Canonical - vendor of Ubuntu. Comment » Ubuntu on 12.1 or 13.3 inch laptops Linux, Laptops submitted by miceagol 05/31/07 **PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED**
Preload Ubuntu on your 12.1 (XPS M1210) or 13.3 inch (XPS M1330) laptops. As it is now, there's only one choice for a laptop, and that choice is not a light laptop. The 12.1 inch and 13.3 inch laptops are much better to carry around than heavy 15 inch++ laptops. Have Ubuntu loaded machines on display at Dell Direct Stores Linux, Sales Strategies submitted by joeevil5000 05/31/07 If Dell is pushing for alternitve OS's to get in the mainstream, they should show them to thier customers in action. There should be at least one machine running Ubuntu at every Dell Direct Store kiosk. That way, dell sales reps can show it to customers, and compare it to Windows as to what it can do. Dell gets customers from computer savvy geeks, to the computer illiterate grandma, but thier core consumer is the computer illiterate. They are more than likely going to want to go with a Windows system, because it's what they have heard of, and known about for so many years, but, it will let them know that Windos is'nt the ONLY OS there is. Simply put, by displaying Ubuntu, people will get to know that it exists, and what it is, and spread the word. 4 Comments » Dell: Offer OPTIONAL Dual-boot Linux and Windows - on your new Ubuntu systems! Linux, Operating Systems - Multiboot, Sales Strategies submitted by phubert 06/01/07
Other suppliers of primarily LINUX systems (Pogolinux, for example) offer this. Dell with Opensuse (not only Ubuntu ) Linux, Operating Systems submitted by xhen 06/01/07
I have read recently about this new idea of DELL which is perfect, but in my opinion (working as IT manager On Veolia environment for 8 years) I think dell should try opensuse instead of ubuntu, I think is more easy for the Final User who need to change from windows to Linux. Linux submitted by fkr 06/04/07 It's almost 2 weeks now, care to share how the linux sales are doing? 6 Comments »  track my votes
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