See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5500738

You can see in the link where they ripped their story right from engadget's RSS feed.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/05/alienware-x51-ubuntu/?utm...

Not that Engadget didn't rip it off too.

http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct...

I guess Linux finally got mainstream games thanks to Steam..

Now all we need are ultrabooks with linux

Agreed.

While I really, really don't like Alienware stuff (too gamery and tacky for my taste), it's nice to see laptops being sold with Linux as a fully supported configuration. A $100 price-reduction due to no Windows license is just icing on the cake.

This is hopefully a first move towards Ultrabooks getting the same treatment.

TBH I would pay full price. I just want to have a laptop that comes with linux out of factory.

PD: off-topic, I am tempted to get a cheap chromebook and install linux on it. I am currently researching

Like this? http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd.aspx

25 games available.