Today, Canonical -- the Ubuntu-maker -- announces five new Dell computers that come pre-installed with that Linux distribution. While four of them are laptops, one is a drop-dead gorgeous all-in-on desktop. Microsoft won't like this!
Canonical explains, "We are excited to announce the availability of 5 new Dell Precision computers that come pre-installed with Ubuntu. These are systems developed by and for developers, and are available in form factors ranging from sleek ultrabooks to powerful workstations."Well, isn't this a conundrum: #boycottDell meets #LinuxShift. Fight!
Seriously, though, I do wonder what Dell thinks they know that no other OEM knows, or if we'll see more Linux PCs, from more manufacturers, as time goes on.
In other Linux news, the free open-source OS is now totally dominant in another arena of high-performance computing: supercomputers. As reported by ZDNet:
This day has been coming since 1998, when Linux first appeared on the TOP500 Supercomputer list. Today, it finally happened: All 500 of the world's fastest supercomputers are running Linux.
The last two non-Linux systems, a pair of Chinese IBM POWER computers running AIX, dropped off the November 2017 TOP500 Supercomputer list.
Overall, China now leads the supercomputing race with 202 computers to the US' 144. China also leads the US in aggregate performance. China's supercomputers represent 35.4 percent of the Top500's flops, while the US trails with 29.6 percent. With an anti-science regime in charge of the government, America will only continue to see its technological lead decline.It may not impact individual users much, but still... interesting.