Dell to sell PCs with Novell SLED 10 Linux in China

Dell to sell PCs with Novell SLED 10 Linux

Dell is already selling some machines with Ubuntu preinstalled on them in the United States.

The company has now announced a deal with Novell and they would now begin selling Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 desktops preloaded with Novell’s SLED 10 in Chinese market.

Lenovo is another PC manufacturer which has announced plans to pre-load some models of ThinkPads with SLED 10.

Dell is also going to provide a year of hardware support for the systems. Novell would be providing sixty days of telephone-based software technical support to customers in China.

Dell and Novell interestingly are both partners with Microsoft after signing a deal on enhancing interoperability and marketing support between Linux and Windows platforms.