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by mcbutterbunz 971 days ago
I Googled XPS 13 and go to configure it but can’t find an option to choose Ubuntu, only downgrade to Windows 11 Home. It is weird.
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I see nothing weird here, Microsoft has been punishing OEM manufacturers for bundling Linux (or, more precisely, for not bundling a MS system on the computers they are selling) since at least 1983.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows

IIRC with the current XPS range only the "pro" variants offer you the choice of a Linux install.
Used to be dell.com/linux