You’re getting Linux dudes! Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed starting later today: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be available at www.dell.com/open by 4pm CST today. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n starts at $899.

Hardware support will come from Dell. The Dell Community Forum Linux section will offer users help and the latest updates from the Linux team at www.dell.com/linux. Users also have fee-based options for operating system support through Canonical, including 30-day Get Started, One-year Basic and One-year Standard. Take that Microsoft!

Dell plans to begin selling desktop PCs in Wal-Mart Stores this weekend, a major departure from its decades-long direct sales strategy that seems like it needs help these days as HP and Apple have taken away a lot of Dell’s consumer business. No word if the Dell Linux systems will be sold at Wal-Mart also. Does Wal-Mart make Dell cool again? Wal-Mart and Linux for Dell. How times have changed.

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