Linux Workstations/Desktops

[Joseph Pingenot]

>From Matt Domsch on Thursday, 16 November, 2006:
>On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 10:08:54AM -0500, Jean Figarella wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> I'm the system administrator for a mostly Linux company, where we do 
>> mostly software development. We have about 40-50 workstations running 
>> some flavor of Linux and looking to buy more workstations. I was 
>> wondering what would make a good economical choice for my company. I was 
>> looking at  Dell Precision TM Workstations with Linux and those look 
>> reasonable
>Dell sells Red Hat Enterprise Linux pre-installed and fully supported
>on the Precision Workstations, so I'd expect the experience to be
>quite good.
>> and I also like the OptiPlex 745
>We don't officially support Linux on the OptiPlex 745, though you can
>purchase it as an "n-series" (http://www.dell.com/nseries) and try if
>you like.  Perhaps others on this list have done so already and can
>comment.

I'm in the "Small Business" website, and I see that the Precision
  workstations can come with "Red Hat® Enterprise Linux WS v.4",
  but when I Choose one, I am presented with a choice of: 

	Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 with Media
	Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, no Media
	Genuine Windows® XP Professional, x64 Edition with Media
	Genuine Windows® XP Professional, x64 Edition, no Media

   What gives?

Also, why do you support the Precision and not Dimension or OptiPlex,
  or at least give a "No MS" option?

-Joseph

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