[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Simon Green]

On 26/06/07, David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After receiving a Dell mailer in the letter box, I rang their sales
> number to ask about whether I could purchase a machine without Windows.
>
> They said definitely not, but told me I could simply re-format the drive
> and install Linux over the top.

Hi,

I have just bought a Dell server that comes OS-less[1]. Dell offer
both Windows and Redhat on their servers. You will also be interested
to know that in America, you can buy selected Home computers with
Ubuntu pre-installed. No word yet if/when this would be extended to
the Asia Pacific region.

  -- simon

[1]  We already have a Redhat support license, so are using that.