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dchest on July 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubuntu is coming back to Dell Laptops

If there is some contractual obligation Dell has with Microsoft to not do this then we need to start considering another round of antitrust proceedings.

There is, that's why some computers come with FreeDOS.

dkhenry on July 18, 2012 [–]

Even with FreeDOS why can' I get that option on _all_ computers. And lets say there are some hardware concerns with FreeDOS why not just ship it with no OS at all ?

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