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Re: [News] [Linux] Request for Dell to Provide Cheap Blank Boxes

thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Geico Caveman <spammers-go-here@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> And precisely what stops the same customer from overwriting the installed
>> Ubuntu with something else ?
>> 
>> Its not as if the customer paid anything for Ubuntu !
> 
> If that was their goal, they could just buy a system with FreeDOS
> installed... Dell has already been offering those for a while if
> memory serves.  One assumes the Ubuntu move is actually a response
> to customer demand.
> 
> Thad


As someone who has ordered a few FreeDOS systems, I can tell you that only
one (Optiplex 745) or two Dell systems give you the FreeDOS option. With
Ubuntu, at least one can choose between a laptop and a desktop.

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