A useless OS called FreeDos has been bundled with most desktops and notebooks. But now, with a initiative by Dell, Linux based OS Ubuntu 7.04 will be bundled with them.

In the beginning of this new year, Dell had launched a forum for its customers to contribute ideas for future Dell, where they received a great deal of feedback that customers wanted Linux on desktops and notebooks. This shows how rapidly is Linux getting into the minds of people and removing the monopoly of Microsoft.

So, Dell has announced a partnership with Canonical to offer Ubuntu 7.04 on select consumer desktop and notebook products in the coming weeks.

Some more points to be noted here are:
* Since 1999, Dell PowerEdge servers have been available with Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and since 2005 with Novell/SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
* Dell Precision workstations have shipped for years with the option of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
* OptiPlex desktops and Latitude notebooks are certified to run Novell SLED 10
* Dell updated its policy on driver support of new Linux desktop and notebook products to use open source drivers in kernel.org where possible