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nfoz on Jan 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition review

> First boot: Ubuntu animation, Dell User Agreement, then the standard Ubuntu installer.

Seriously?

Silhouette on Jan 7, 2014 [–]

FWIW, I picked up on that, too. Why would a new piece of hardware running a FOSS operating system need proprietary legalese from Dell? Not saying there aren't reasons for it, but anyone who's interested in buying a Linux laptop in the first place might want to know what they are.

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