Dell Home Page Promotes Linux

Imagine if Dell erected a bunch of Linux billboards on a major highway at the very time Microsoft was striving to promote Windows Vista. That’s the scenario unfolding on the Dell.com home page, which now features a splashy ad for Ubuntu Linux PCs.

If you don’t initially see the add, visit Dell.com a few times and keep refreshing your browser. On June 13, Dell was rotating the Ubuntu Linux landing page with several other home page images, The VAR Guy noted.

For Ubuntu fans, the ad proves that customer demand for Linux desktops is reaching a tipping point. Alas, The VAR Guy ordered his Ubuntu Linux PC from Dell back in May and the system has yet to ship from Dell’s factory.

Visit the Dell.com Web site and refresh the page a few times.