Dell Announces 10 New Laptops (MAXIMUMPC)

Courtesy LWN.net  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 09:36

MAXIMUMPC looks at the latest laptop offerings from Dell, which will use a Linux-based OS front end.

"Another feature that Dell will be rolling out in the coming months is the “Latitude ON” technology, which, like the HP/Voodoo Omen’s Instant-On feature, is a Linux-based UI that loads instead of Windows.

Dell execs said that they weren’t creating the OS themselves, but have partnered with a yet-to-be announced third party to create the embedded Linux solution (apparently not SplastTop).

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