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I believe Dell even has some models that come with Linux preinstalled.
Dell, HP and Lenovo can deliver with Linux pre-installed
Not just deliver - they support them. I've got a Dell micro-PC running as an Ubuntu Server and it regularly receives BIOS and firmware updates from Dell through the default fwupgdr-mgr.
Which HP models have good official Linux support these days? I thought they had stopped supporting the one(s) they did and I've had a bunch of bad experiences generally :(.
I wouldn't trust a manufacturer-installed system to be honest
Given the size of the userbase I doubt they'd invest in developing and adding preinstalled similar adware as their windows OEM systems but you never know
Better order it without OS