Dell Alienware X51 now available with Ubuntu

The equipment Alienware gamers are very popular in the market. Of course this is premium machine and generally are not cheap because of the powerful hardware that make up, although there is a way to reduce some of the price: changing the operating system. So, from now on, when we go to buy a  Dell Alienware X51 , we can choose if we want the traditional version with Windows or if you prefer to run with Ubuntu,the most popular distro of Linux. Teams using Ubuntu are priced about $ 100 less about, because after all it is a free operating system, unlike Windows.

The system comes pre-loaded with Nvidia drivers, so I do not have to worry about getting them.Remember also that Steam is now available for Ubuntu team and has several games to enjoy.

By the way, if someone does not remember the specifications of the  Dell Alienware X51 , allow them to refresh your memory. The X51 has several Ivy Bridge processor available to select, from the Core i3 to Core i7. You can have a maximum of 8GB RAM and GPU can be a Nvidia GeForce GT645 or a GTX660. A midrange configuration with Ubuntu and cheaply would be:

CPU: Intel Core i3 3.3GHz 
RAM: 6GB DDR3. 
GPU: GeForce GT645 1GB. 
OS: Ubuntu. 
Price: $ 600.

There are more varieties available as we said, this is only an example.

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Watch the new Ubuntu for tablets

Ubuntu announced in early February that its Linux-based operating system is coming to mobile phones near year end. Now, it seems that the popular distro says also present in other types of device: tablets. A countdown placed on the website of the company indicated that the operating system would be made ​​a few days ago, which was finally well.

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu new draft, presented the new OS for tablets and also announced that it will be available in both developer release for the Galaxy Nexus to the Nexus 4. This is from today, February 21. The new operating system will also be installed on other devices developers, but we have to go to MWC 2013 to do so. Remember that the event takes place between 25 and 28 February in the city of Barcelona.

In the video below you can see how it will be the version of Ubuntu for tablets, and the fact is that it seems quite promising.

What do you think?

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Ubuntu reveal its mobile operating system at CES

This is what I call great news. Ubuntu is probably the best-known Linux distro, but is far from being a significant share of the market for computers . But it seems that their plans are different, then decided to enter the market of mobile with its new operating system for smartphones. Yes, a version of Ubuntu for mobile.
The popular Linux system has been recreated and inserted into a mobile. To get an idea, this is equivalent to Microsoft Windows 8 reschedule and make a mobile version from it, which no doubt would take much time and effort, as they carried the Ubuntu guys.
Very unfortunately has not been released on hardware of mobile phones that use Ubuntu, but it uses the same drivers that at least we know that Android developers will give us some great surprises few apps and more.
The OS will be officially unveiled on Tuesday at the CES 2013.

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New Dell laptop running with Ubuntu and are dirt cheap

If here is a fan of Linux, or preferably the Ubuntu distro, who is looking for a new laptop or notebook then we have good news , since Dell has started selling two new low-end models that run with said operating system .
Teams are the Vostro 2420 and 2520. The only difference between them is that the former has a 14-inch screen while her sister has a 15.6-inch. The strangest part is that both cost the same: $ 300.
Obviously for that price one must wait for hardware very weak, and the truth is that it is, since the processor that carry these two laptops Intel Celeron B820 is a dual-core 1.7GHz and the sad thing is that we can not acquire with a more powerful one. There is an identical version but with Windows 7 it costs $ 370, and if in addition to this we add an Intel Core i3 will cost us $ 420.
Using Dell Ubuntu has given is actually a bit poor and gives the impression that the company thinks who uses a computer these do not need a big machine, which is true only in part. Let's be honest: a computer cost $ 300 and with CPU Celeron is really small thing, but this kind of systems aimed at an audience that's used for simple tasks that do not require much resource consumption, but with the release of Steam for Linux that is about to change.

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Ubuntu 4.13 would be released in April 2013

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions. The next version of this distro will be 12.10, better known under the name of Quantal Quetzal and will be released on October 18. While this version has not yet been released, and has set a date for the start of the next version, which will be the 13.04 and see the light of day in the month of April 2013. No doubt Ubuntu is now more unstoppable than ever.
The first alpha of Ubuntu 13.04 will be hitting the first of December and the first beta will be released around February 7. When we get to April undoubtedly will launch the full version.

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