Ubuntu has been available on Dell business laptops for quite awhile, including the recently introduced XPS 13 developer edition. A few weeks ago we announced that we were expanding our Ubuntu certification beyond our cloud servers to include Dell’s 12G servers.
Today we are announcing that Ubuntu is coming to another member of the Dell family, the Alienware X51 gaming desktop.
You can easily install Steam on to the X51 and although there aren’t tons of games supported yet, the list is continuing to grow and now includes classics such as Team Fortress 2 and Serious Sam.
To learn more and get a first-person account of using Ubuntu on the X51 check out the Direct2Dell blog post.
Update: corrected Ubuntu logo on above screenshot
Extra-credit reading
- Ubuntu OS now an option on Alienware x51 – Dell blog
- How to install the Steam gaming client on Ubuntu (Gallery) | ZDNet
- Steam for Linux – Ubuntu Wiki
- Dell, Canonical tag team on Ubuntu Server tune-up for PowerEdgies – The Register
Pau for now…
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