BRUCE STANLEY <bruce.stanley@prodigy.net> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> GaryCarr <gcarr@lanl.gov> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> It is hard to select a linux box from the main "<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dell.com">www.dell.com</a>" web site. Instead try "linux.dell.com", and then on the right hand column select "n-series Desktops" or "n-series Notebooks". Guy Fraser wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1175014855.7067.23.camel@sigurd.incentre.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 08:27 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Andy Green <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andy@warmcat.com"><andy@warmcat.com></a> wrote: BRUCE STANLEY wrote: > If you go out to the Dell Website and select the "Dell s Vista" So it's nice if you can get Linux in the US Dell site, but I can only find it mentioned and I certainly am not being allowed to compare prices. -Andy Interesting. Can you select the USA option from the Main page? Or, can you order Linux via a salesman rather than ordering it on line? If not, maybe for some reason Dell is not yet set up to ship Linux systems out of the USA. Can't imagine why that would make a difference though. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Doesn't matter, the Canadian and US sites don't allow you to select Linux either, you can only Customize with XP or Customize with Vista. You would probably have to order by phone or email. They do not want to advertise their pricing for Linux, likely because they are still way overcharging for it. We order the Dell rack mount servers without any O/S, and do our own custom installs, which we feel is preferable to a cookie cutter Linux/Unix install. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote>Try the following: www.dell --> Destktops --> Medium & Large Buisness --> Dell Precision Work Stations --> Dell Precision 690, 490, or 390 options. -- </blockquote>Another note, you can not configure the Blade servers to run linux but you can configure the Rack mounted or Tower Based servers to run either Red Hat or Suse Linux. I worked for me all the way up to adding in my Shopping Cart. Not that I planned to buy anything... :-)