Dell n Series

The n Series is a Dell product line that does not ship with a pre-installed version of Microsoft Windows. Apparently prohibited from shipping computers without an operating system by an existing licensing agreement with Microsoft, Dell instead ships these systems with either the open-source FreeDOS operating system or the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

The company has come under fire for making the FreeDOS-powered machines no cheaper and more difficult to purchase than identical systems running Windows^[1].

Dell also offers various Precision Workstations with Red Hat Enterprise Linux pre-installed. These, like all other products in the Precision series, are marketed at enterprises.

References

1. ^ How Dell repels attempts to buy its 'open source' PC | The Register

External links

• Dell n Series Website^{[dead link]}
• Dell and Linux
• Interview with Michael Dell on Desktop Linux
• Dell plans to include laptops in the nSeries