0 An Indian Company Launches Ubuntu-installed Laptops & PCs

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Linux is gaining ground in India. After Dell decided to launch Ubuntu-based PCs and Laptops in India, an Indian company named Niam Computech has decided to launch its own range of Ubuntu based laptops and desktops. Niam Computech Pvt Ltd started in 2010 as Kaspersky Antivirus distributor for entire North India (except Delhi NCR) retail market. Along with Kaspersky they also distributed Vipre, AVG antivirus products, Kensington peripherals & accessories, Dolgix Memory Modules in entire Upper North India till Q4 2011 (March 2012). In 2012 they are distributing VMC systems networking / telecom products in India & worldwide, and marketing their own PCs, Servers, Laptops & Tablets. Niam Computech now currently sells laptops, desktops (AIOs), mini pcs, and servers powered by Ubuntu. Their future goal for next 5 years is to market Ubuntu and Linux based electronics products in India. They are in talks with Canonical to allow them to join its OEM program. They are looking forward to sell around 500 AIOs and 1000 Laptops by FY 2012. These developments are interesting considering the fact that Niam Computech is the first Indian company to launch Ubuntu based products. The Indian government has been fairly helpful of the perspective behind Ubuntu. The Supreme Court of India is using the application in 20,000 personal computers.  University of Delhi is already using the software in 10,000 personal computers and various Assam academic organizations are also using it. These facts show that the demand for Ubuntu based products is surely increasing in India and especially in the education sector. The open source trend is catching on in the IT and electronics space in India which gives Niam Computech a good platform to launch their Ubuntu based products. Niam Computech Products 1. Notebooks (14.0 and 15.6 inch running on Intel based i3/i5/i7 processors) 2. Ultrabooks (14.0 inch running on Intel based i3/i5/i7 processors) 3. AIOs (15.6, 17.3, 21.5 inch all in one PCs running on Intel based atom/i3/i5/i7 processors) 4. Tablets (7″ and 10.1″ running on android and ARM Cortex A8, A9 based chipsets) What is Ubuntu? Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. “Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. Ubuntu has an installable live CD, creative artwork, desktop themes and migration assistant for Windows user. Ubuntu has a feature that support the latest technologies such as 3D desktop effects, easy installation of device drivers for ATI and NVDIA graphics card and wireless networking and the on demand support for non-free media codecs.

Linux is gaining ground in India. After Dell decided to launch Ubuntu-based PCs and Laptops in India, an Indian company named Niam Computech has decided to launch its own range of Ubuntu based laptops and desktops. Niam Computech Pvt Ltd started in 2010 as Kaspersky Antivirus distributor for entire North India (except Delhi NCR) retail market. Along with Kaspersky they also distributed Vipre, AVG antivirus products, Kensington peripherals & accessories, Dolgix Memory Modules in entire Upper North India till Q4 2011 (March 2012). In 2012 they are distributing VMC systems networking / telecom products in India & worldwide, and marketing their own PCs, Servers, Laptops & Tablets.

Niam Computech now currently sells laptops, desktops (AIOs), mini pcs, and servers powered by Ubuntu. Their future goal for next 5 years is to market Ubuntu and Linux based electronics products in India. They are in talks with Canonical to allow them to join its OEM program. They are looking forward to sell around 500 AIOs and 1000 Laptops by FY 2012. These developments are interesting considering the fact that Niam Computech is the first Indian company to launch Ubuntu based products.

The Indian government has been fairly helpful of the perspective behind Ubuntu. The Supreme Court of India is using the application in 20,000 personal computers.  University of Delhi is already using the software in 10,000 personal computers and various Assam academic organizations are also using it. These facts show that the demand for Ubuntu based products is surely increasing in India and especially in the education sector. The open source trend is catching on in the IT and electronics space in India which gives Niam Computech a good platform to launch their Ubuntu based products.

Niam Computech Products

1. Notebooks (14.0 and 15.6 inch running on Intel based i3/i5/i7 processors)

2. Ultrabooks (14.0 inch running on Intel based i3/i5/i7 processors)

3. AIOs (15.6, 17.3, 21.5 inch all in one PCs running on Intel based atom/i3/i5/i7 processors)

4. Tablets (7″ and 10.1″ running on android and ARM Cortex A8, A9 based chipsets)

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. “Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”.
The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. Ubuntu has an installable live CD, creative artwork, desktop themes and migration assistant for Windows user. Ubuntu has a feature that support the latest technologies such as 3D desktop effects, easy installation of device drivers for ATI and NVDIA graphics card and wireless networking and the on demand support for non-free media codecs.