Hardware vendors

[John Aldrich]

Quoting Dave Ihnat <dihnat at dminet.com>:
> They don't, AFAIK, pre-install any version of Linux.  But they do have a
> full line of machines that come with no OS installed (well, I think there may
> be a copy of FreeDOS.)  Look at the 'N' series machines.
>
> Canonical is still trumpeting its 'partnership' with Dell:
>
>   http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/dell
>
> And as of May, they were pushing something called Sputnik as an
> experimental project to produce Linux laptops:
>
>     
> http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/new-dell-ubuntu-ultrabooks-a-step-in-the-right-direction-for-linux-support/
>
Dell *does* have Linux pre-installed on business machines, but not on  
"home" machines. You have to step up to the "N" series as Dave  
suggested.