Dell Announces Factory Installation of Red Hat Linux 7.1

Wed Jul 18 08:58:00 2001

Here's the official press release.
http://www.dell.com/us/en/gen/corporate/press/pressoffice_us_2001-07-18-aus-
001.htm

Dell Announces Factory Installation of Red Hat Linux 7.1
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Austin, Texas, July 18, 2001 

Dell today announced immediate availability of factory-installed Red Hat
Linux 7.1 on its entire line of Dell PowerEdge(TM)  servers and select Dell
Precision(TM)  workstations.

Based on version 2.4 of the open source-developed kernel, Red Hat Linux 7.1
features improved Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) support - optimized for
machines with up to eight processors - enabling Linux to scale effectively
on enterprise-class architectures. Dell servers and workstations running Red
Hat Linux 7.1 scale easily for enterprises needing to support thousands of
simultaneous users, with support for up to 64GB of physical RAM. 

For more information on Dell's Linux-based systems, go to
www.dell.com/linux.

About Dell

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systems company and is a premier provider of products and services required
for customers to build their information-technology and Internet
infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled
$32.6 billion. Dell ranks No. 48 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune
Global 500 and No. 10 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies.
Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and
customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an
extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its
products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com

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Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions
www.dell.com/linux
#2 Linux Server provider with 17% in the US and 14% Worldwide (IDC)!
#3 Unix provider with 18% in the US (Dataquest)!