Yes indeed, particularly since Dell didn't "release" anything, per se. A Dell employee did some "tinkering" as he puts it, and has made his USB image available.
- Ken Sheppardson
It looks like in the wifi chipset space, Atheros has been more open-source friendly than Broadcom. So the change with Dell Mini 10V might be to add some support for a Broadcom chipset. This 2008 article at http://blogs.computerworld.com/new_lin... gives some background on Linux & Atheros vs. Broadcom, plus the fact that Dell has contributed Broadcom drivers for Linux in the past.
- Matt Cutts