I bought one of the Dell laptops that came with Ubuntu a few years ago and I'm typing this on it. I simply installed stock Ubuntu immediately after receiving i

I bought one of the Dell laptops that came with Ubuntu a few years ago and I'm typing this on it. I simply installed stock Ubuntu immediately after receiving it due to the same fear of crapware. But still, having it come with Ubuntu preinstalled means I knew all the hardware would work, as it has so far. Also it means I voted with my dollars for wider adoption of Linux by vendors.