DELL IS GOING TO OFFER PCs WITH UBUNTU 7.10

The Ubuntu version 7.10 is the latest release of Linux OS distribution and Dell is going to offer laptop and desktop computers with this latest version. This week Linux introduced The Ubuntu 7.10 and replaced the older 7.04 version. Consumers were introduced by the first Linux-based Dell notebooks and dekstops in this year . These computers was shiped with Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed. But according to DellLinuxWiki , Ubuntu 7.04 -based Dell computers users will be offered an automatic upgrade to 7.10 via Update Manager. These upgrades will be free of charge. As well as the shipping date for Ubuntu 7.10-powered Dell PCs is unknown yet, since the company "needs to take the time to qualify the final code on its systems for optimal interoperability". The latest Ubuntu version, codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon",These are hardware management improvements, better support for display systems, improved Windows compatibility, enhanced user interface which now includes "simple 3D screen effects", the new feature called Desktop search, and automatic installation of popular Firefox browser plug-ins.

Could Foleo, Based on Linux, Coupled with Google Gears, Become the Future of the PC?

I’m following a series of technologies that are coming to market to displace the aging PC concept. While Bill Gates and Steve Jobs clearly believe the rich PC, as a general use product, represents the best future, I’m no longer so sure. With Apple now being hit with Windows-like attacks and the clear realization that, from a security standpoint, it may be virtually impossible to protect any rich connected desktop client effectively, from an IT perspective, I’m beginning to wonder if it isn’t time for a major change.

This isn’t about changing from Windows to Apple or Linux. This is about rethinking the entire platform and designing it from the ground up so that the things you want to protect remain in more physically secure locations and nothing remains in the field that can’t be instantly deleted or rendered inaccessible.

The Smartphone Model

With the smartphone, in a few weeks, you’ll see the launch of a comprehensive security communications product that rivals RIM for ease of use, and is unmatched in terms of security, IT control, personalization, and capability for this class of device. For some time, we’ve had capabilities on smartphones that exceed what we had 10 years ago on laptop computers in terms of productivity and data access and this gap is closing incredibly fast.

But the issue with a smartphone is that physically it is both too small and too large. It is too small to be a useful computer for document creation, Web browsing or most forms. It is too large to be carried as a phone. This is why many BlackBerry and Treo users also carry smaller cell phones for calls.

But, ask yourself, short of video games, if you can open documents, create and show presentations, manage and create e-mail, search the Web, and even look at pictures and some video and can remain connected, do you truly need a laptop?