If you're familiar with the Alienware X51, you know you've only had it available with Windows software out of the box until now – now you'll find Ubuntu leading up the show. This machine brings on a ...

Dell could be angling for “Steam box” status with the Alienware X51, a living room-friendly, small form factor gaming desktop that is now available with the Ubuntu Linux operating system preinstalled.

It wasn't all that long ago that mainstream gaming on Linux was virtually unheard of. Sure, solutions like WINE have been around for awhile now, but it's only recently that developers and gamers alike ...

The Ubuntu flavor of Linux has received a major endorsement from Dell with its announcement that it will offer the OS as an option for its Alienware X51 gaming rig. The diminutive PC starts at just ...

While the Alienware X51 has been slated by Valve as a currently available Steambox, consumers still have to get rid of that pesky Windows to install the Linux-driven platform. As we've seen with the ...

Alienware, one of the world’s leading gaming PC hardware manufacturers, has revealed a new variant of its Alienware X51 gaming PCs that comes complete with Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux operating system.

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It's been tough to parse Alienware's position on the Linux-based SteamOS. At E3 they told us that the Steam Machine will increase Linux gamers by "20, 30 fold, overnight". But with the first Steam ...

Dell has launched a new range of Alienware gaming PCs which come with the Ubuntu Linux OS installed as standard. The Ubuntu powered Alienware X51 small form factor (SFF) PCs are currently a US ...

Dell has officially announced it is dipping its toes into the waters of Linux gaming, launching an Alienware-branded mini gaming PC running Canonical's Ubuntu Linux. Available exclusively in the US at ...