Dell offers personal computers loaded with Ubuntu Linux
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Dell is to offer consumers computers that come preloaded with the open source Linux operating system (Ubuntu).
Dell has long offered business Linux-based computers. But the announcement marks the first time that a major computer manufacturer has offered the technology on laptops and desktops designed for consumer use.
The computers will use a version of Linux called Ubuntu and will be available by the end of the month.
With companies like Google offering web-based applications that compete with Microsoft's most popular programmes, the move by Dell offers consumers an unprecedented opportunity to run a full-featured laptop without using any products from the world's largest software maker.
Microsoft's Windows operating system runs over 90 per cent of the world's personal computers.
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