Dell not that serious about Linux

I just ambled over to the Dell site and looked for Linux and no-OS PCs. It's no secret that most of what they sell over there must be purchased with Windows and includes MS Works instead of Linux, FreeDOS or my favorite, nothing (and not the better-than-Works OpenOffice), allowing me to throw my own OS on the box.

Now don't get me wrong, I think that Dell's efforts to offer Ubuntu on consumer boxes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux on business desktops is huge.

But there's nothing to compete on the low end with Wal-Mart's $199 Everex Linux box. And you still can't get any Dell box you want with any OS you want. Non-Windows choices are very limited.

I hope this changes. Whether it's Ubuntu, RHEL or something else, you should be able to buy any Dell product with the OS of your choice. Linux is that far along. When Dell, HP, Lenovo or whoever decides to go in that direction, then we'll be getting somewhere.