Finally.

I have been looking for this for a long time. Before I bought my Inspiron, I was seriously considering buying a notebook that came preinstalled with Linux.

My main motivation was to get it cheaper. My Inspiron came with Microsoft Works, Microsoft Vista, some DVD burner software that I do not use at all. I inquired with Dell about getting a refund. They said these software were complimentatry ie no cost were attached to them. I seriously doubt this because I have read of cases of refund in Germany and UK. But I will one day sell this Inspiron and maybe the next chap will appreciate them.

Anyway, back to Linux, I was seriously considering a Linux notebook because I was hearing Ubuntu everywhere. The only option back then was IBM and it was not cheap (as I am cheap).

The other thing that held me back was that I currently use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Money and X1 Desktop Search extensively and they run on Windows now.

Today I read that Dell is going to offer Ubuntu Linux.

I hope it comes with some migration tools – to help migrate my current Windows notebook to the new Linux notebook.