Canonical – Dell launching Ubuntu in China in 1,000+ stores

Over the next few weeks Chinese customers will be able to find more ways to purchase Dell computers pre-loaded with Ubuntu throughout even more cities!  With significant success to date, Dell China and Canonical will work closely together to significantly increase the the number of stores selling Ubuntu based PC’s in the Chinese retail market.

Dell and Canonical will jointly extend across Tier 1 thru’ Tier 6 Chinese cities with a range of hardware  pre-loaded with the Chinese language version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  The original stores have proven so successful that the companies have agreed to expand to beyond 1,000 outlets..

Incredibly exciting to see that Chinese consumers now have the opportunity to acquire a large range of Dell computers with Ubuntu!